324 research outputs found
Comparative Analysis of Five XML Query Languages
XML is becoming the most relevant new standard for data representation and
exchange on the WWW. Novel languages for extracting and restructuring the XML
content have been proposed, some in the tradition of database query languages
(i.e. SQL, OQL), others more closely inspired by XML. No standard for XML query
language has yet been decided, but the discussion is ongoing within the World
Wide Web Consortium and within many academic institutions and Internet-related
major companies. We present a comparison of five, representative query
languages for XML, highlighting their common features and differences.Comment: TeX v3.1415, 17 pages, 6 figures, to be published in ACM Sigmod
Record, March 200
Web and Semantic Web Query Languages
A number of techniques have been developed to facilitate
powerful data retrieval on the Web and Semantic Web. Three categories
of Web query languages can be distinguished, according to the format
of the data they can retrieve: XML, RDF and Topic Maps. This article
introduces the spectrum of languages falling into these categories
and summarises their salient aspects. The languages are introduced using
common sample data and query types. Key aspects of the query
languages considered are stressed in a conclusion
CXQuery: A novel XML query language
XML is becoming the data exchange standard on the Internet. Previously proposed XML query languages, such as XQuery, Quilt, YALT, Lorel, and XML-QL, lack schema definition of the query result; therefore, they are limited for defining views, integrating data, updating, and further querying, all of which are often needed in e-Business applications. We propose a novel XML query language called CXQuery, which defines the schema of the query results explicitly and can easily define views, and integrate, update, and query XML data. In addition, CXQuery can express spatial and spatio-temporal queries using a constraint-based querying approach
Data integration through service-based mediation for web-enabled information systems
The Web and its underlying platform technologies have often been used to integrate existing software and information systems. Traditional techniques for data representation and transformations between documents are not sufficient to support a flexible and maintainable data integration solution that meets the requirements of modern complex Web-enabled software and information systems. The difficulty
arises from the high degree of complexity of data structures, for example in business and technology applications, and from the constant change of data and its
representation. In the Web context, where the Web platform is used to integrate different organisations or software systems, additionally the problem of heterogeneity
arises. We introduce a specific data integration solution for Web applications such as Web-enabled information systems. Our contribution is an integration technology
framework for Web-enabled information systems comprising, firstly, a data integration technique based on the declarative specification of transformation rules and the construction of connectors that handle the integration and, secondly, a mediator architecture based on information services and the constructed connectors to handle the integration process
Survey over Existing Query and Transformation Languages
A widely acknowledged obstacle for realizing the vision of the Semantic Web is the inability
of many current Semantic Web approaches to cope with data available in such diverging
representation formalisms as XML, RDF, or Topic Maps. A common query language is the first
step to allow transparent access to data in any of these formats. To further the understanding
of the requirements and approaches proposed for query languages in the conventional as well
as the Semantic Web, this report surveys a large number of query languages for accessing
XML, RDF, or Topic Maps. This is the first systematic survey to consider query languages from
all these areas. From the detailed survey of these query languages, a common classification
scheme is derived that is useful for understanding and differentiating languages within and
among all three areas
EquiX---A Search and Query Language for XML
EquiX is a search language for XML that combines the power of querying with
the simplicity of searching. Requirements for such languages are discussed and
it is shown that EquiX meets the necessary criteria. Both a graphical abstract
syntax and a formal concrete syntax are presented for EquiX queries. In
addition, the semantics is defined and an evaluation algorithm is presented.
The evaluation algorithm is polynomial under combined complexity.
EquiX combines pattern matching, quantification and logical expressions to
query both the data and meta-data of XML documents. The result of a query in
EquiX is a set of XML documents. A DTD describing the result documents is
derived automatically from the query.Comment: technical report of Hebrew University Jerusalem Israe
Extraction of Web Information Using W4F Wrapper Factory and XML-QL Query Language
In many ways, the Web has become the largest knowledge base known to us. The problem facing the user now is not that the information he seeks is not available, but that it is not easy for him to extract exactly what he needs from what is available. It is also becoming clear that a top down approach of gathering all the information, and structuring it will not work, except in some special cases. Indeed, most of the information is present in HTML documents structured only for visual content. Instead, new tools are being developed that attack this problem from a different angle.
XML is a language that allows the publisher of the data to structure it using markup tags. These mark-up tags clarify not only the visual structure of the document, but also the semantic structure. Additionally, one can make use of a query language XML-QL to query XML pages for information, and to merge information from disparate XML sources. However, most of the content of the web is published in HTML. The W4F system allows us to construct wrappers that retrieve web pages, extract desired information using the HTML structure and regular expression search and map it automatically to XML with its XML-Gateway feature.
In this thesis, we investigate the W4F/XML-QL paradigm to query the web. Two examples are presented. The first is the Internet Movie Database, and we query it with the idea of understanding the power of these systems. The second is the NCBI BLAST server, which is a suite of programs for biomolecular sequence analysis. We demonstrate that there are real life instances where this paradigm promises to be extremely useful
Mediated data integration and transformation for web service-based software architectures
Service-oriented architecture using XML-based web services has been widely accepted by many organisations as the standard infrastructure to integrate heterogeneous and autonomous data sources. As a result, many Web service providers are built up on top of the data sources to share the data by supporting provided and required interfaces and methods of data access in a unified manner. In the context of data integration, problems arise when Web services are assembled to deliver an integrated view of data, adaptable to the specific needs of individual clients and providers. Traditional approaches of data integration and transformation are not suitable to automate the construction of connectors dedicated to connect selected Web services to render integrated and tailored views of data. We propose a declarative approach that addresses the oftenneglected data integration and adaptivity aspects of serviceoriented
architecture
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