(57) ABSTRACT A data mapping architecture for mapping between two or more data
sources without modifying the metadata or struc ture of the data sources themselves. Data …

Relational databases remain the leading data storage technology. Nevertheless, many
companies want to reduce operating expenses, to make scalable applications that use cloud …

A method, mechanism, and computer program product for storing, accessing, and managing
XML data is disclosed. The approach supports efficient evaluation of XPath queries and also …

In this paper, we present an approach for incorporating fuzzy and imprecise data in XML
documents. We describe the ways to introduce fuzziness using both possibility theory and …

The following presents a simplified Summary of the inven tion in order to provide a basic
understanding of some aspects of the invention. This summary is not an extensive overview …

32 single expression tree, with some operators processed using the top-down approach and
other operators processed with the bottom-up approach. Even data that can not be streamed …

This paper presents an investigation into approaches and techniques used for database
conversion. Constructing object views on top of a Relational DataBase (RDB), simple …

In this chapter, three semantics-based schema conversion methods are presented: 1) CPI
converts an XML schema to a relational schema while preserving semantic constraints of the …

XML is the future language for data exchange, and support for XML has been extensive.
Although XML has numerous benefits including self-describing data, improved readability …

In this paper, we study the different steps of translation from XML to relational models, while
maintaining semantic constraints. Our work is based on the theory of regular tree grammars …