We describe and evaluate a query minimization technique that applies to XQueries, which are nested, perform arbitrary joins, and freely mix bag and set semantics. These features c...
Dissemination systems are used to route information received from many publishers individually to multiple subscribers. The core of a dissemination system consists of an efficient...
As XML documents contain both content and structure information, taking advantage of the document structure in the retrieval process can lead to better identify relevant informati...
Karen Sauvagnat, Mohand Boughanem, Claude Chrismen...
Complex similarity queries, i.e., multi-feature multi-object queries, are needed to express the information need of a user against a large multimedia repository. Even if a user in...
— XML is commonly supported by SQL database systems. However, existing mappings of XML to tables can only deliver satisfactory query performance for limited use cases. In this pa...
Liang Jeff Chen, Philip A. Bernstein, Peter Carlin...