Variables are the distinguishing new feature of XPath 2.0 which permits to select n-tuples of nodes in trees. It is known that the Core of XPath 2.0 captures n-ary first-order (FO...
Emmanuel Filiot, Joachim Niehren, Jean-Marc Talbot...
As a simple XML query language but with enough expressive power, XPath has become very popular. To expedite evaluation of XPath queries, we consider the problem of rewriting XPath...
XML queries are usually expressed by means of XPath expressions identifying portions of the selected documents. An XPath expression defines a way of navigating an XML tree and ret...
Hybrid logics extend modal logics by first-order concepts, in particular they allow a limited use of variables. Unfortunately, in general, satisfiability for hybrid formulas is u...
Query answering algorithms on Xml streams check answer candidates on the fly in order to avoid the unnecessary buffering whenever possible. The delay and concurrency of a query ...