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An XML Algebra for XQuery

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Advances in Databases and Information Systems (ADBIS 2006)

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An XML algebra supporting the XQuery query language is presented. The usage of expression constructing operators instead of high-order operations using functions as parameters has permitted us to remain in the limits of first-order structures whose instance is a many-sorted algebra. The set of operators of the presented algebra substantially differs from the set of operators of relation algebra. It is caused by the complex nature of the XML data model comparing with relational one. Actually, only predicative selection is more or less same in both algebra. Yet, the XML algebra in addittion permits selection by node test. The relational projection operator is replaced by the path expression and navigating functions; the join operator is replaced by unnesting join expressions. In addition, a number of node constructing expressions permitting update of the algebra state are defined.

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  1. Institute of System Programming, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 109104, Russia

    Leonid Novak

  2. A.P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    Alexandre Zamulin

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  1. Data Engineering Research Lab. Department of Informatics, Aristotle University, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Yannis Manolopoulos

  2. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague

    Jaroslav Pokorný

  3. Institute for the Management of Information Systems (R.C. “Athena”), Athens, Hellas,  

    Timos K. Sellis

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Novak, L., Zamulin, A. (2006). An XML Algebra for XQuery. In: Manolopoulos, Y., Pokorný, J., Sellis, T.K. (eds) Advances in Databases and Information Systems. ADBIS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4152. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11827252_4

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