In this paper, we identify and solve a new type of spatial queries, called continuous visible nearest neighbor (CVNN) search. Given a data set P, an obstacle set O, and a query li...
The concept of time-constrained SQL queries was introduced to address the problem of long-running SQL queries. A key approach adopted for supporting time-constrained SQL queries i...
Publishing microdata raises concerns of individual privacy. When there exist outlier records in the microdata, the distinguishability of the outliers enables their privacy to be e...
As the Extensible Markup Language (XML) rapidly establishes itself as the de facto standard for presenting, storing, and exchanging data on the Internet, large volume of XML data ...
We describe the design and experiences gained with the database- and web-based document server DOL, which we developed at the University of Leipzig (http://dol.uni-leipzig.de). Th...