%0 Journal Article %1 ThirunarayanImmaneni09jiis %A Thirunarayan, Krishnaprasad %A Immaneni, Trivikram %D 2009 %J Journal of Intelligent Information Systems %K v1205 springer paper xml database search retrieval rdf %N 2 %P 139-162 %R 10.1007/s10844-007-0051-2 %T A Coherent Query Language for XML %V 32 %X Text search engines are inadequate for indexing and searching XML documents because they ignore metadata and aggregation structure implicit in the XML documents. On the other hand, the query languages supported by specialized XML search engines are very complex. In this paper, we present a simple yet flexible query language, and develop its semantics to enable intuitively appealing extraction of relevant fragments of information while simultaneously falling back on retrieval through plain text search if necessary. Our approach combines and generalizes several available techniques to obtain precise and coherent results.

@article{ThirunarayanImmaneni09jiis, abstract = {Text search engines are inadequate for indexing and searching XML documents because they ignore metadata and aggregation structure implicit in the XML documents. On the other hand, the query languages supported by specialized XML search engines are very complex. In this paper, we present a simple yet flexible query language, and develop its semantics to enable intuitively appealing extraction of relevant fragments of information while simultaneously falling back on retrieval through plain text search if necessary. Our approach combines and generalizes several available techniques to obtain precise and coherent results.}, added-at = {2012-05-30T10:55:03.000+0200}, author = {Thirunarayan, Krishnaprasad and Immaneni, Trivikram}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ac056916f58fe3712270cd2bdf24039a/flint63}, doi = {10.1007/s10844-007-0051-2}, file = {SpringerLink:2009/ThirunarayanImmaneni09jiis.pdf:PDF}, groups = {public}, interhash = {b4faa4669d08e745bbf93f5f2a52e525}, intrahash = {ac056916f58fe3712270cd2bdf24039a}, issn = {0925-9902}, journal = {Journal of Intelligent Information Systems}, keywords = {v1205 springer paper xml database search retrieval rdf}, number = 2, pages = {139-162}, timestamp = {2018-04-16T11:49:40.000+0200}, title = {A Coherent Query Language for {XML}}, username = {flint63}, volume = 32, year = 2009 }