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This paper describes a depository for structured text. The work is heavily influenced by international standards relating to text. The physical storage model, which is built on top of an implementation of the ISO DFR standard, is described. It is shown how structured SGML documents can be incorporated within the storage model. An overview of the underlying object oriented implementation is given and The basic access operations described. Examples of structural queries are provided.
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Macleod, I.A., Narine, D. (1995). A depository for structured text objects. In: Revell, N., Tjoa, A.M. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 978. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0049125
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