We explore the implications of supporting bags (i.e. multisets) in a data model and associated query language, and present some formal results concerned with the algebraic propert...
Abstract. Topic Maps and RDF are two independently developed paradigms and standards for the representation, interchange, and exploitation of model-based data on the web. Each para...
In our days knowledge extraction methods are able to produce artifacts (also called patterns) that concisely represent data. Patterns are usually quite heterogeneous and require a...
Abstract. We present the hybrid query language HQL/EER for an Extended Entity-Relationship model. As its main characteristic, this language allows a user to freely mix graphical an...
Semistructured data may be irregular and incomplete and does not necessarily conform to a fixed schema. As with structured data, it is often desirable to maintain a history of cha...
Sudarshan S. Chawathe, Serge Abiteboul, Jennifer W...