An important direction in database research for non-standard applications (e.g. engineering or design applications) deals with adequate support for complex objects. Without doubt,...
XML data can be stored in different types of databases including Object-Relational Databases (ORDB). Using ORDB, we get the benefit of relational maturity and the richness of obje...
Intervals represent a fundamental data type for temporal, scientific, and spatial databases where time stamps and point data are extended to time spans and range data, respectively...
Traditional searching and browsing functions for bibliographic databases do no longer enable users to deal efficiently with the rapidly growing number of scientific publications....
In order to provide database-like features for files, particularly for searching in Web data, one solution is to migrate file data into a relational database. Having stored the da...