We present the first complete translation of XPath into an algebra, paving the way for a comprehensive, state-of-theart XPath (and later on, XQuery) compiler based on algebraic op...
Matthias Brantner, Sven Helmer, Carl-Christian Kan...
The first aim of this paper is to present the logical core of XPath 2.0: a logically clean, decidable fragment, which includes most navigational features of XPath 2.0 (complex co...
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 ...
: This work describes a method for processing XPath on a relational back-end that significantly limits the number of SQL joins required, takes advantage of the strengths of modern ...
This paper presents a novel and complementary technique to optimize an XPath query by minimizing its wildcard steps. Our approach is based on using a general composite axis called...