On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we would like to welcome you to the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Database Systems for - vanced Applications (DASFAA 2005). This conference provides an international forumfortechnicaldiscussionamongresearchers, developersandusersofdatabase systems from academia, business and industry. DASFAA focuses on research in databasetheory, andthedevelopmentandapplicationsofadvancedDBMSte- nologies...