A matching algorithm for measuring the structural similarity between an XML document and a DTD and its applications

Information Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-46

  Bertino, Elisa ^a   Guerrini, Giovanna ^b   Mesiti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Document classification; Document protection; Selective dissemination of documents; Structural queries; Structural similarity; Structure evolution

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; WORLD WIDE WEB; XML;

STRUCTURAL QUERIES;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0242578166     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4379(03)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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