We present a general method of parallel query processing that allows scalable performance on distributed inverted files. The method allows the realization of a hybrid that combin...
BoPi is a programming language with a runtime support that allows the distribution and the execution of programs over the network. The language is a process calculus with XML valu...
For our fourth participation in the CLEF evaluation campaigns, our objective was to verify whether our combined query translation approach would work well with new requests and new...
In recentyears,databaseresearchandproduct developmentactivities havefocusedonsupport for non-traditional data types, such astext or multi-media documents.This paper describes an a...
Peer-to-peer systems are gaining popularity as a means to effectively share huge, massively distributed data collections. In this paper, we consider XML peers, that is, peers that ...