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Adding semantics to SGML databases

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Huge collections of linked documents can now be efficiently stored. However, full online access and electronic publishing through reuse of document parts require sophistication and precision in queries. Such a query facility is only possible through the inclusion of appropriate semantic information. Manually adding such information to multigigabyte document sources is daunting for technical writers. Our approach aims at making this task feasible by exploiting a conceptual schema of the enterprise. The result is an integrated schema — one that covers the traditional information system of the enterprise as well as the information that exists solely in the world of documents.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, 87801, Socorro, NM, USA

    Subhasish Mazumdar, Gary Yuan & Weifeng Bao

  2. Technical Communication Program, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 87801, Socorro, NM, USA

    Jonathan Price

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Mazumdar, S., Yuan, G., Bao, W., Price, J. (1998). Adding semantics to SGML databases. In: Hersch, R.D., André, J., Brown, H. (eds) Electronic Publishing, Artistic Imaging, and Digital Typography. RIDT 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1375. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0053300

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