While providing a uniform syntax and a semistructured data model, XML does not express semantics but only structure such as nesting information. In this paper, we consider the prob...
In the last few years, XML became a de-facto standard for the exchange of structured and semi-structured data. The database research community took this development into account b...
XML stream processing has recently become popular for many applications such as selective dissemination of information. Several approaches have been proposed and most of them are ...
While the information published in the form of XML-compliant documents keeps fast mounting up, efficient and effective query processing and optimization for XML have now become mor...
The trend towards outsourcing increases the number of documents stored at external service providers. This storage model, however, raises privacy and security concerns because the...