DEXA
1994
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
1994
Springer
Even if high-level query languages are used, query formulation may cause problems. This is notably so in case of large and complex application domains. Typical examples of these ki...
VLDB
1997
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
1997
ACM
In semistructured databases there is no schema fixed in advance. To provide the benefits of a schema in such environments, we introduce DataGuides: concise and accurate structural...
VL
2000
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2000
IEEE
The accurate formulation of boolean expressions is a notorious problem in programming languages and database query tools. This paper studies the ways that untrained users naturall...
ICDE
2002
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2002
IEEE
Unity is an architecture for integrating relational databases that performs three processes: metadata capture, semantic integration, and query formulation and execution. The found...
INFOVIS
2003
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2003
IEEE
Dynamic queries facilitate rapid exploration of information by real-time visual display of both query formulation and results. Dynamic query sliders are linked to the main visuali...
ERCIMDL
2005
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
2005
Springer
Daffodil is a front-end to federated, heterogeneous digital libraries targeting at strategic support of users during the information seeking process. This is done by offering a va...
SIGIR
2006
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
2006
ACM
In this poster, we describe the study of an interface technique that provides a list of suggested additional query terms as a searcher types a search query, in effect offering int...
MMM
2008
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
2008
Springer
In this paper, we propose a novel query language for video indexing and retrieval that (1) enables to make queries both at the image level and at the semantic level (2) enables the...
WWW
2004
ACM
15 years 1 months ago
2004
ACM
Often Web database users experience difficulty in articulating their needs using a precise query. Providing ranked set of possible answers would benefit such users. We propose to ...
WWW
2006
ACM
15 years 1 months ago
2006
ACM
In this poster we discuss a graphical notation for representing queries for semistructured data. We try to strike a balance between expressiveness of the query language and simpli...