Brown University

Department of Computer Science

CS227 - Topics in Database Systems

Spring, 2000

Web-Based Information Systems

Reading List

  1. Querying the World Wide Web, A. Mendelzon, G. Mihaila, T. Milo, in Proceedings of PDIS96, Miami, FL, Dec., 1996.

  2. Full paper available in International Journal on Digital Libraries, vol 1, no. 1, 1997 [Click here]

  3. XML-QL: A Query Language for XML , submission to the W3C, August 19, 1998.
  4. A Structure-Based Approach to Querying Semi-Structured Data, M. Fernandez, L. Popa, and D. Suciu, in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Database Programming Languages (DBPL), 1997.
  5. The Lorel Query Language for Semistructured Data, S. Abiteboul, D. Quass, J. McHugh, J. Widom, J. Wiener, International Journal on Digital Libraries, vol 1, no. 1, April, 1997.
  6. Type Inference for Queries on Semistructured Data, T. Milo and D. Suciu, in Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Principles of Database Systems (PODS), 1999.
  7. Query Optimization for XML, J. McHugh and J. Widom, in the Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Very Large Databases (VLDB), Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 1999.
  8. Query Re-writing for Semistructured Data, Y. Papakonstantinou and V. Vassalos, in Proceedings of the ACM SIGMOD Conference on the Management of Data, 1999.
  9. Query Optimization for Semistructured Data using Path Constraints in a Deterministic Data Model, P. Buneman, Wenfei Fan, S. Weinstein, in the Proceedings of the International Workshop on Database Programming Languages (DBPL), 1999.
  10. Horizontal Query Optimization on Ordered Semistructured Data, H. Liefke, in Proceedings of the Workshop on Web Data Management (Web?99).
  11. Storing SemiStructured Data with STORED, A. Deutsch, M. Fernandez, D. Suciu, in Proceedings of the ACM SIGMOD International Conference on the Manageent of Data, 1999.
  12. Relational Databases for Querying XML Documents: Limitations and Opportunities, J. Shanmugasundaram, K. Tufte, G. He, C. Zhang, D. DeWitt, J. Naughton
  13. Efficient Queries Over Web Views, G. Mecca, A. Mendelzon, P. Merialdo, in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Extending Database Technology, Valencia, Spain, 1998.
  14. Views for Semistructured Data, S. Abiteboul, R. Goldman, J. McHugh, V. Vassalos, Y. Zhuge, in Proceedings of the Workshop on the Management of Semistructured Data, Tucson, AZ, May, 1997.
  15.  The Niagara Internet Query System  a cast of thousands, SIGMOD'00, Dallas, TX, May, 2000.
  16.  NiagaraCQ: A Scalable Continuous Query System for Internet Databases , J. Chen, D. DeWitt, F. Tian, Y. Wang, submitted for publication.