Evaluation Techniques for Generalized Path Pattern Queries on XML Data

Finding the occurrences of structural patterns in XML data is a key operation in XML query processing. Existing algorithms for this operation focus almost exclusively on path patterns or tree patterns. Current applications of XML require querying of data whose structure is complex or is not fully known to the user, or integrating XML data sources with different structures. These applications have motivated

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: WWW
• Authors: Xiaoying Wu, Dimitri Theodoratos, Stefanos Souldatos, Theodore Dalamagas, Timos K. Sellis
• Keywords: Internet Technology, WWW 2010, XML Data, XML Data Sources, XML Query Processing