In this paper, we describe the TIMBER XML database system implemented at University of Michigan. TIMBER was one of the first native XML database systems, designed from the ground ...
The rapid increase in the data volumes for the past few decades has intensified the need for high processing power for database and data mining applications. Researchers have acti...
Anastassia Ailamaki, Naga K. Govindaraju, Dinesh M...
XML is fast becoming the standard for information exchange on the Internet. As such, information expressed in XML will need to be integrated with existing information systems, whi...
Semantic heterogeneity of information is a major barrier of information and system interoperability. Defining ontology of data and mapping ontologies among heterogeneous informati...
—Information about individuals on publicly available web sites stands as a valuable, yet unorganized, data source. Turning such an enormous data source into a “database” is h...