Intelligent Search on XML Data : Applications, Languages, Models, Implementations, and Benchmarks

by Blanken, Henk; Grabs, Torsten; Schek, Hans-Jorg; Schenkel, Ralf; Weikum, Gerhard

• ISBN13: 9783540407683
• ISBN10: 3540407685
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Recently, we have seen a steep increase in the popularity and adoption of XML, in areas such as traditional databases, e-business, the scientific environment, and on the web. Querying XML documents and data efficiently is a challenging issue; this book approaches search on XML data by combining content-based methods from information retrieval and structure-based XML query methods and presents the following parts: applications, query languages, retrieval models, implementing intelligent XML systems, and evaluation. To appreciate the book, basic knowledge of traditional database technology, information retrieval, and XML is needed. The book is ideally suited for courses or seminars at the graduate level as well as for education of research and development professionals working on Web applications, digital libraries, database systems, and information retrieval.

Table of Contents

Part I Applications
Demand for Intelligent Search Tools in Medicine and Health Care	5	(14)
Karl P. Pfeiffer
Georg Gobel
Karin Leitner
The Use of XML in a Video Digital Library	19	(20)
Claudio Gennaro
Fausto Rabitti
Pasquale Savino
Part II Query Languages
Full-Text Search with XQuery: A Status Report	39	(20)
Michael Rys
A Query Language and User Interface for XML Information Retrieval	59	(18)
Norbert Fuhr
Kai Großjohann
Sascha Kriewel
Tamino -- A Database System Combining Text Retrieval and XML	77	(18)
Harald Schoning
Part III Retrieval Models
Flexible Information Retrieval on XML Documents	95	(12)
Torsten Grabs
Hans-Jorg Schek
Statistical Language Models for Intelligent XML Retrieval	107	(12)
Djoerd Hiemstra
Ontology-Enabled XML Search	119	(14)
Ralf Schenkel
Anja Theobald
Gerhard Weikum
Using Relevance Feedback in XML Retrieval	133	(12)
Roger Weber
Classification and Focused Crawling for Semistructured Data	145	(14)
Martin Theobald
Ralf Schenkel
Gerhard Weikum
Information Extraction and Automatic Markup for XML Documents	159	(20)
Mohammad Abolhassani
Norbert Fuhr
Norbert Govert
Part IV Implementing Intelligent XML Systems
The Multi-model DBMS Architecture and XML Information Retrieval	179	(14)
Arjen P. de Vries
Johan A. List
Henk Ernst Blok
PowerDB-XML: Scalable XML Processing with a Database Cluster	193	(14)
Torsten Grabs
Hans-Jorg Schek
Web-Based Distributed XML Query Processing	207	(10)
Marko Smiljanic
Ling Feng
Willem Jonker
Combining Concept- with Content-Based Multimedia Retrieval	217	(14)
Menzo Windhouwer
Roelof van Zwol
Tree Awareness for Relational DBMS Kernels: Staircase Join	231	(16)
Torsten Crust
Maurice van Keulen
Processing XML Queries with Tree Signatures	247	(16)
Pavel Zezula
Giuseppe Amato
Fausto Rabitti
Part V Evaluation
A Look Back on the XML Benchmark Project	263	(16)
Albrecht Schmidt
Florian Waas
Stefan Manegold
Martin Kersten
The Inex Evaluation Initiative	279	(16)
Gabriella Kazai
Norbert Govert
Mounia Lalmas
Norbert Fuhr
References	295	(20)
Index	315