Web Powered Databases

by Taniar, David

• ISBN13: 9781591400356
• ISBN10: 159140035X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: IDEA GROUP PUBLISHING

Summary

Web-Powered Databases provides an excellent snapshot of current research and development activities in the area of Web or internet databases. Its content supplies potential answers to many questions that have been raised regarding database accesses through the Web. The book also provides a number of case studies of successful Web database applications, including multiple-choice assessment through the Web, an online pay claim, a product catalogue, and content management and dynamic Web pages.

Table of Contents

Preface	i
Section I: Querying and Mining Web Data
Using Logic for Querying XML Data	1	(35)
Nick Bassiliades
Ioannis Vlahavas
Dimitrios Sampson
Web Mining to Create a Domain Specific Web Portal Database	36	(19)
Anthony Scime
Section II: Case Studies and Tutorials
Web Content Management and Dynamic Web Pages-A Tutorial	55	(33)
Esther Gelle
Viktor Schepik
Practical Case Study of a Web-Based Tutor Payment System	88	(33)
Tanguy Chateau
Cecile Leroy
Johanna Wenny Rahayu
David Taniar
The Development of On-line Tests Based on Multiple Choice Questions	121	(23)
Geoffrey G. Roy
Jocelyn Armarego
Database-Driven Product Catalog System	144	(32)
Johanna Wenny Rahayu
Andrew Flahive
David Taniar
Section III: Physical/Low-Level
Web-Powered Databases: The Low Level in C++	176	(27)
Claude Del Vigna
Cache Management for Web-Powered Databases	203	(43)
Dimitrios Katsaros
Yannis Manolopoulos
Section IV: Heterogeneous and Distributed Systems
Ubiquitous Access to Web Databases	246	(20)
Athman Bouguettaya
Brahim Medjahed
Mourad Ouzzani
Yao Meng
CODAR: APOA-Based CORBA Database Adapter for Web Service Infrastructures	266	(33)
Zahir Tari
Abdelkamel Tari
Surya Setiawan
Section V: Issues
Protecting Datasources Over the Web: Policies, Models and Mechanisms	299	(32)
Silvana Castano
Elena Ferrari
About the Authors	331	(5)
Index	336