Efficiency of Nested Relational Document Database Systems
Summary: Shows how nested-relational systems can efficiently store and retrieve complex documents using signature-file indexes, unlike conventional relational workloads. Quantifies space and retrieval-time tradeoffs across alternative document schemas. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Justin Zobel (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
- 2. James A. Thom (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
- 3. Ron Sacks-Davis (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
BibTeX Citation
@article{zobel_vldb91,
title = {{Efficiency of Nested Relational Document Database Systems}},
author = {Zobel, Justin and Thom, James A. and Sacks-Davis, Ron},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '91},
pages = {91},
year = {1991}
}Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,587 | An Efficient Indexing Technique for Full-Text Database Systems | 1992 | VLDB | 0.00010269584 |
| 3,839 | Integrating a Structured-Text Retrieval System with an Object-Oriented Database System | 1994 | VLDB | 7.0821926e-05 |
| 12,873 | Storage and Retrieval of XML Data Using Relational Databases | 2001 | VLDB | 5.093636e-05 |
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 627 | Data Structures for an Integrated Data Base Management and Information Retrieval System | 1982 | VLDB | 0.00015634312 |
| 6,569 | The Partial Normalized Storage Model of Nested Relations | 1988 | VLDB | 5.8375945e-05 |
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