This paper describes the design and implementation of an XML storage manager for fast and interactive XPath expressions evaluation. This storage manager has two main parts: the XML...
Incomplete information arises naturally in numerous data management applications. Recently, several researchers have studied query processing in the context of incomplete informat...
A graphical formalized language is proposed for specifying systems of views over database schemas. The language is based on the notion of arrow (mapping) between data schemas and ...
One of the key benefits of XML is its ability to represent a mix of structured and unstructured (text) data. Although current XML query languages such as XPath and XQuery can expr...
The effective grouping, or partitioning, of semistructured data is of fundamental importance when providing support for queries. Partitions allow items within the data set that sh...
John N. Wilson, Richard Gourlay, Robert Japp, Math...