A Relation on Schemas for Integrating XML Data with Different Schemas.

Accession number;02A0233735
Title;A Relation on Schemas for Integrating XML Data with Different Schemas.
Author; NAKAGAWA GO (Osaka Univ. Graduate School of Engineering Sci., JPN) ISHIHARA YASUNORI (Osaka Univ. Graduate School of Engineering Sci., JPN) FUJIWARA TOORU (Osaka Univ. Graduate School of Engineering Sci., JPN)
Journal Title;Joho Shori Gakkai Kenkyu Hokoku
Journal Code:Z0031B
ISSN:0919-6072
VOL.2002;NO.3(DBS-126);PAGE.145-152(2002)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.7, REF.5
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;XML is a promising data format for various applications, especially Web applications. Since XML allows users to define schemas at will, the same data can be represented as XML data with various schemas. In order to manipulate these data, it is important to understand the relationship between these schemas. To capture such relationships, a notion of subsumption for XML has been proposed so far. Using subsumption, some XML data with different schemas can be integrated efficiently. However, subsumption is too strong, that is, subsumption is satisfied by only a few pairs of schemas. In this paper, we propose a relation which is weaker than subsumption, and discuss its properties. (author abst.)