| XML Retrieval: DB/IR in Theory, Web in practice (2008) | |||||||||||||||
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| Learning Objectives: Tutorial attendees will learn about requirements for combined DB and IR applications that access XML content; learn about models and indexes tailored to XML and their algorithms; understand the specific problems of XML IR and XML query processing; learn about XML retrieval evaluation, INEX in particular; learn about the challenges in querying structure and content on the Web (in particular in the context of online communities). Our main goal is to provide a clear view of the major challenges in XML Retrieval: its problems, its solutions and the pitfalls that should be avoided. We also describe the applicability of the DB and IR querying paradigms for accessing Web data. Topics: XML query processing and data management, integration of text into XML and databases, and online communities on the Web. Relevance to VLDB 2007 Attendees: In addition to those attendees whose main interest are the topics directly mentioned above, additional attendees will be interested in the challenges of extending retrieval techniques to search the increasing amounts of XML content accessible in the Web and the use of XML as the encoding format for data in several domains (e.g., web services, semantic web, digital libraries, enterprise | |||||||||||||||
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