HyperFile: A Data and Query Model for Documents

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Christopher Clifton

Tech report number

CERIAS TR 2001-76

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article

Abstract

Non-quantitative information such as documents and pictures pose interesting new problems in the database world. Traditional data models and query languages do not provide appropriate support for this information. Such data are typically stored in file systems, which do not provide the security, integrity, or query features of database management systems. The hypertext model has emerged as a good interface to this information; however finding information using hypertext browsing does not scale well. We develop a query interface that serves as an extension of the browsing model of hypertext systems. These queries minimize the repeated user interactions required to locate data in a standard hypertext system. HyperFile is a prototype data server interface. In this article, we describe HyperFile, including a number of issues such as query generation, query processing, and indexing.

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1995 – 03

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http://www.vldb.org/dblp/db/journals/vldb/CliftonGB95.html

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Pacific Grove, CA

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VLDB Journal

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Clifton

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45-86

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The Boxwood Press

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2001-03-01

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