WebDB: A system for querying semi-structured data on the web

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-33

  Li, Wen Syan ^a   Shim, Junho ^a   Candan, K Selçuk ^a  

^a NEC Corporation of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Object relational DBMS; Semi structured data; SQL3; Visual user interface; Web database; Web query language; WWW

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036487455     PISSN: 1045926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvlc.2001.0225     Document Type: Article

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