Deductive conceptualmodels(DCMs) aim at providing a complete specification of information systems,expressing only its logic component.It hasbeenshownthatDCMs have some advantagesw...
We report on a compilation procedure that derives relational algebra plans from arbitrarily nested XQuery FLWOR blocks. While recent research was able to develop relational encodi...
The widespread adoption of XML holds out the promise that document structure can be exploited to specify precise database queries. However, the user may have only a limited knowle...
Abstract. The increased availability of biological databases containing representations of complex objects permits access to vast amounts of data. In spite of the recent renewed in...
We discuss incremental validation of XML documents with respect to DTDs and XML Schema definitions. We consider insertions and deletions of subtrees, as opposed to leaf nodes only...
Denilson Barbosa, Alberto O. Mendelzon, Leonid Lib...