Text documents often embed data that is structured in nature, and we can expose this structured data using information extraction technology. By processing a text database with inf...
We present the systematic design and development of a distributed query scheduling service DQS in the context of DIOM, a distributed and interoperable query mediation system 26 ...
Content-based dissemination of data using pub/sub systems is an effective means to deliver relevant data to interested data consumers. With the emergence of XML as the standard f...
This paper introduces a new approach of approximating the selectivity of multimedia range queries. Estimating the selectivity of a range query is a pre-requisite to optimize a mul...
We consider unranked trees, that have become an active subject of study recently due to XML applications, and characterize commonly used fragments of firstorder (FO) and monadic ...