We introduce a new normal form, called essential tuple normal form (ETNF), for relations in a relational database where the constraints are given by functional dependencies and jo...
Semistructured data is becoming increasingly important for web applications with the development of XML and related technologies. Designing a “good” semistructured database is ...
Xiaoying Wu, Tok Wang Ling, Sin Yeung Lee, Mong-Li...
A common approach in designing relational databases is to start with a universal relation schema, which is then decomposed into multiple subschemas. A good choice of subschemas ca...
We study the design issues of data-centric XML documents where (1) there are no mixed contents, i.e., each element may have some subelements and attributes, or it may have a singl...
As the popularity of XML as a format for data representation grows the need for storing XML data in an effective way grows as well. Recent research has provide us with effective so...