Abstract. One of the virtues of XML is that it allows complex structures to be easily expressed. This allows XML to be used as an intermediate, neutral, and standard form for repre...
Due to the popularity of the XML data format, several query languages for XML have been proposed, specially devised to handle data whose structure is unknown, loose, or absent. Wh...
Daniela Florescu, Donald Kossmann, Ioana Manolescu
We have developed a MultiMedia Visual Information Seeking (MMVIS) Environment that is the first system to support an integrated approach to the direct manipulation specification o...
Evaluating a traditional database query against a data tuple returns a true on match and a false on mismatch. Unfortunately, there are many application scenarios where such an eva...
Query processing in database systems may be improved by applying parallel processing techniques. One reason for improving query response time is to support the increased number que...