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VLDB
1997
ACM
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DataGuides: Enabling Query Formulation and Optimization in Semistructured Databases
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...
Roy Goldman, Jennifer Widom
ER
2001
Springer
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NF-SS: A Normal Form for Semistructured Schema
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...
FOIKS
2004
Springer
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Query Answering and Containment for Regular Path Queries under Distortions
Abstract. We give a general framework for approximate query processing in semistructured databases. We focus on regular path queries, which are the integral part of most of the que...
Gösta Grahne, Alex Thomo
ISPA
2007
Springer
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Distributed Multi-source Regular Path Queries
Regular path queries are the building block of almost any mechanism for querying semistructured data. Despite the fact that the main applications of such data are distributed, ther...
Maryam Shoaran, Alex Thomo