Abstract. Data storage systems are being called on to manage continuous media data types, such as digital audio and video. There is a demand by applications for \constrained-latenc...
The problem of using pictures of objects captured under ideal imaging conditions (here referred to as in vitro) to recognize objects in natural environments (in situ) is an emergi...
We have developed a system to process database queries over composed data providing web services. The queries are transformed into execution plans containing an operator that invok...
Structural join operations are central to evaluating queries against XML data, and are typically responsible for consuming a lion's share of the query processing time. Thus, ...
We propose XRPC, a minimal XQuery extension that enables distributed yet efficient querying of heterogeneous XQuery data sources. XRPC enhances the existing concept of XQuery func...