Web-Powered Databases

by Taniar, David; Rahayu, Johanna Wenny

• ISBN13: 9781931777810
• ISBN10: 1931777810
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Igi Global

Summary

"Providing a snapshot of current methods and development activities in the area of Internet databases, this book supplies answers to many questions that have been raised regarding database access through the web. Provided are a number of case studies of successful web database applications, including multiple-choice assessment through the web, an online pay claim, a product catalog, and content management and dynamic web pages. Also covered are querying and mining of web data and issues such as gaining physical/low-level access to web-powered databases and heterogeneous web databases."

Table of Contents

Preface	p. i
Querying and Mining Web Data
Using Logic for Querying XML Data	p. 1
Web Mining to Create a Domain Specific Web Portal Database	p. 36
Case Studies and Tutorials
Web Content Management and Dynamic Web Pages-A Tutorial	p. 55
Practical Case Study of a Web-Based Tutor Payment System	p. 88
The Development of On-line Tests Based on Multiple Choice Questions	p. 121
Database-Driven Product Catalog System	p. 144
Physical/Low-Level
Web-Powered Databases: The Low Level in C++	p. 176
Cache Management for Web-Powered Databases	p. 203
Heterogeneous and Distributed Systems
Ubiquitous Access to Web Databases	p. 246
CODAR: A POA-Based CORBA Database Adapter for Web Service Infrastructures	p. 266
Issues
Protecting Datasources Over the Web: Policies, Models and Mechanisms	p. 299
About the Authors	p. 331
Index	p. 336
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