Data on the Web: From Relations to Semistructured Data and XML - Softcover

Abiteboul, Serge

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0123911095 ISBN 13: 9780123911094

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann, 2011

Synopsis

The Web is causing a revolution in how we represent, retrieve, and process information. Its growth has given us a universally accessible databasea but in the form of a largely unorganized collection of documents. This is changing, thanks to the simultaneous emergence of new ways of representing data, from within the Web community, XML and from within the database community, semistructured data. The convergence of these two approaches has rendered them nearly identical. Now, there is a concerted effort to develop effective techniques for retrieving and processing both kinds of data. Data on the Web is the only comprehensive, up to date examination of these rapidly evolving retrieval and processing strategies, which are of critical importance for almost all Web and data intensive enterprises. This book offers detailed solutions to a wide range of practical problems while equipping you with a keen understanding of the fundamental issuesa including data models, query languages, and schemasa involved in their design, implementation, and optimization. You'll find it to be compelling reading, whether your interest is that of a practitioner involved in a database driven Web enterprise or a researcher in computer science or related field.

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About the Author

Serge Abiteboul is Senior Researcher at I.N.R.I.A. and a professor at the A cole Polytechnique. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Southern California in 1982 and his Tha se da Etat from the University of Paris XI in 1986. His recent research has focused on object databases, digital libraries, semistructured data, data integration, and electronic commerce.

Edition details

• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123911095
• ISBN 13: 9780123911094
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276