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Finding ID Attributes in XML Documents

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Database and XML Technologies (XSym 2003)

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We consider the problem of discovering candidate ID and IDREF attributes in a schemaless XML document. We characterize the complexity of the problem, propose a heuristic algorithm for it, and discuss experimental results.

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  1. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Denilson Barbosa & Alberto Mendelzon

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  1. Denilson Barbosa
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  1. LIRMM - UMR 5506 CNRS / Université Montpellier 2, 161 Rue Ada, F-34392, Montpellier Cedex 5

    Zohra Bellahsène

  2. IBM developerWorks 6 New Square, Bedfont Lakes, TW14 8HA, Feltham, Middlesex, UK

    Akmal B. Chaudhri

  3. Dept. of Computer Science, University of Leipzig,  

    Erhard Rahm

  4. Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, 98052, Redmond, WA, USA

    Michael Rys

  5. Universität Duisburg-Essen,  

    Rainer Unland

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Barbosa, D., Mendelzon, A. (2003). Finding ID Attributes in XML Documents. In: Bellahsène, Z., Chaudhri, A.B., Rahm, E., Rys, M., Unland, R. (eds) Database and XML Technologies. XSym 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2824. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39429-7_12

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