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Axiomatising Functional Dependencies for XML with Frequencies

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We provide a finite axiomatisation for a class of functional dependencies for XML data that are defined in the context of a simple XML tree model reflecting the permitted parent-child relationships together with their frequencies.

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  1. Information Science Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

    Sven Hartmann & Thu Trinh

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  1. Clausthal University of Technology, Julius-Albert-Str. 4, 38678, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

    Jürgen Dix

  2. Department of Computing Science, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden

    Stephen J. Hegner

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Hartmann, S., Trinh, T. (2006). Axiomatising Functional Dependencies for XML with Frequencies. In: Dix, J., Hegner, S.J. (eds) Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems. FoIKS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3861. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11663881_10

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