Abstract. Database systems (DBSs) can play an essential role in facilitating the query and cache management in context-aware mobile information systems (CAMIS). Two of the fundamen...
Abstract. Many realistic user tasks involve the retrieval of specific entities instead of just any type of documents. Examples of information needs include ‘Countries where one ...
Arjen P. de Vries, Anne-Marie Vercoustre, James A....
Structural hints in XML-retrieval queries can be used to specify both the granularity of the search result (the target element) and where in a document to search (support elements...
The development of collaborative environments that not only manage information and communication, but also support the actual work processes of organisations is very important. XML...
Structured documents contain elements defined by the author(s) and annotations assigned by other people or processes. Structured documents pose challenges for probabilistic retrie...