In the last few years an interest in native XML databases has surfaced. With other authors we argue that such databases need their own provisions for concurrency control since tra...
Regular tree queries (RTQs) are a class of queries considered especially relevant for the expressiveness and evaluation of XML query languages. The algorithms proposed so far for ...
Web-based third-party architectures for data publishing are today receiving growing attention, due to their scalability and the ability to efficiently manage large numbers of use...
Extending relational database functionality to include data mining primitives is one step towards the greater goal of more closely integrated database and mining systems. This pape...
Many applications in analytical domains often have the need to "connect the dots" i.e., query about the structure of data. In bioinformatics for example, it is typical t...