Hybrid XML retrieval: Combining information retrieval and a native XML database

Information Retrieval

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 571-600

  Pehcevski, Jovan ^a   Thom, James A ^a   Vercoustre, Anne Marie ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INRIA ROCQUENCOURT   (France)

Author keywords

eXist; INEX; XML databases; XML information retrieval; Zettair

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444380836     PISSN: 13864564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10791-005-0748-1     Document Type: Article

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