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Querying XML Sources Using an Ontology-Based Mediator

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On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2002: CoopIS, DOA, and ODBASE (OTM 2002)

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In this paper we propose a mediator architecture for the querying and integration of Web-accessible XML data sources. Our contributions are (i) the definition of a simple but expressive mapping language, following the local as view approach and describing XML resources as local views of some global schema, and (ii) efficient algorithms for rewriting user queries according to existing source descriptions. The approach has been validated by the ST Y X prototype.

Research supported by grant 018-019 by the Israeli Ministry of Science.

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  1. Cedric-CNAM Paris and INRIA-Futurs, France

    Bernd Amann, Irini Fundulaki & Michel Scholl

  2. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    Catriel Beeri

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  1. DOA Institute, p/a Leeuwlantstraat 83, 2100, Antwerp, Belgium

    Robert Meersman

  2. RMIT University School of Computer Science and IT, GPO Box 2476V, VIC 3001, Melbourne, Australia

    Zahir Tari

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Amann, B., Beeri, C., Fundulaki, I., Scholl, M. (2002). Querying XML Sources Using an Ontology-Based Mediator. In: Meersman, R., Tari, Z. (eds) On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2002: CoopIS, DOA, and ODBASE. OTM 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2519. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36124-3_25

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