Recently, we have seen a steep increase in the popularity and adoption
of XML, in areas such as traditional databases, e-business, the
scientific environment, and on the web. Querying XML documents and data
efficiently is a challenging issue; this book approaches search on XML
data by combining content-based methods from information retrieval and
structure-based XML query methods and presents the following parts:
applications, query languages, retrieval models, implementing
intelligent XML systems, and evaluation.
To appreciate the book, basic knowledge of traditional database
technology, information retrieval, and XML is needed. The book is
ideally suited for courses or seminars at the graduate level as well as
for education of research and development professionals working on Web
applications, digital libraries, database systems, and information
retrieval.