Querying and Updating the File

We show how structured data stored in files can benefit from standard database technology and in particular be queried and updated using database languages. We introduce the notion of structuring schema which consists of a grammar annotated with database programs and of a database schema. We study the translation from structured strings to databases, and the converse. We adapt optimization techniques from relational databases to our context.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1993
• Where: BDA
• Authors: Serge Abiteboul, Sophie Cluet, Tova Milo
• Keywords: BDA 1993, BDA 2007, Database Schema, Databases, Standard Database Technology