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Querying Heterogeneous Information Sources Using Source Descriptions

Summary: Information Manifold provides uniform access to 100+ heterogeneous web sources via declarative source descriptions. It prunes candidate sources and generates executable query plans, with experiments demonstrating scalability to several hundred sources. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
8349
Venue
VLDB
Year
1996
Pagerank
0.00044607231
Overall Rank
127 | 99.12%
DOI
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Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

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Rank Citing Paper Year Venue Pagerank
47 Data Integration: A Theoretical Perspective 2002 PODS 0.00069691761
150 Integration of Heterogeneous Databases Without Common Domains Using Queries Based on Textual Similarity 1998 SIGMOD 0.00041081536
152 Optimizing Queries across Diverse Data Sources 1997 VLDB 0.00040979242
207 Reconciling Schemas of Disparate Data Sources: A Machine-Learning Approach 2001 SIGMOD 0.00034571837
295 Using Schema Matching to Simplify Heterogeneous Data Translation 1998 VLDB 0.00028645757
297 Complexity of Answering Queries Using Materialized Views 1998 PODS 0.00028572729
345 Don't Scrap It, Wrap It! A Wrapper Architecture for Legacy Data Sources 1997 VLDB 0.00026634783
396 An Adaptive Query Execution System for Data Integration* 1999 SIGMOD 0.00024439334
533 Answering Recursive Queries Using Views 1997 PODS 0.00020767726
583 Answering Queries with Aggregation Using Views 1996 VLDB 0.00019705383
586 Extracting Structured Data from Web Pages 2003 SIGMOD 0.0001963091
808 Query Containment for Conjunctive Queries With Regular Expressions 1998 PODS 0.000164132
867 Query Optimization in the Presence of Limited Access Patterns 1999 SIGMOD 0.00015757737
889 Data Integration: The Teenage Years 2006 VLDB 0.00015548507
908 Design Considerations for High Fan-in Systems: The HiFi Approach 2005 CIDR 0.00015405471
928 DTL’s DataSpot: Database Exploration Using Plain Language 1998 VLDB 0.00015236575
976 Answering Queries Using Limited External Query Processors 1996 PODS 0.00014877501
1,026 WSQ/DSQ: A Practical Approach for Combined Querying of Databases and the Web* 2000 SIGMOD 0.00014595291
1,080 Catching the Boat with Strudel: Experiences with a Web-Site Management System 1998 SIGMOD 0.00014204122
1,155 A Scalable Algorithm for Answering Queries Using Views 2000 VLDB 0.00013606507
1,198 Crossing the Structure Chasm 2003 CIDR 0.00013360548
1,251 Principles of Dataspace Systems 2006 PODS 0.0001302453
1,292 Using Probabilistic Information in Data Integration 1997 VLDB 0.0001275375
1,386 Managing Semantic Heterogeneity in Databases : A Theoretical Perspective 1997 PODS 0.00012251453
1,508 Using Schematically Heterogeneous Structures 1998 SIGMOD 0.00011593524
1,868 Update Exchange with Mappings and Provenance 2007 VLDB 0.0001026365
1,926 Reconciling while Tolerating Disagreement in Collaborative Data Sharing 2006 SIGMOD 0.00010071441
2,073 Orchestra: Facilitating Collaborative Data Sharing 2007 SIGMOD 9.6287026e-05
2,210 To Weave the Web 1997 VLDB 9.2875159e-05
2,290 Cost-Based Optimization of Decision Support Queries using Transient-Views 1998 SIGMOD 9.0918901e-05
2,327 Mind Your Vocabulary: Query Mapping Across Heterogeneous Information Sources 1999 SIGMOD 9.0251624e-05
2,331 Obtaining Complete Answers from Incomplete Databases 1996 VLDB 9.019917e-05
2,393 STRUDEL: A Web-site Management System 1997 SIGMOD 8.8931317e-05
2,397 Query Rewriting for Semistructured Data 1999 SIGMOD 8.8888995e-05
2,438 Computing Capabilities of Mediators 1999 SIGMOD 8.8205113e-05
2,447 WISE-Integrator: An Automatic Integrator of Web Search Interfaces for E-Commerce 2003 VLDB 8.7958725e-05
2,539 Rewriting Queries Using Views in Description Logics 1997 PODS 8.5759464e-05
2,593 Answering Queries from Statistics and Probabilistic Views 2005 VLDB 8.4758322e-05
2,737 Open Data Integration 2018 VLDB 8.2053894e-05
2,972 Integrating Information by Outerjoins and Full Disjunctions (Extended Abstract) 1996 PODS 7.7933514e-05
3,069 Processing First-Order Queries under Limited Access Patterns 2004 PODS 7.6161135e-05
3,174 Query Containment for Data Integration Systems 2000 PODS 7.444226e-05
3,175 Quality-driven Integration of Heterogeneous Information Systems 1999 VLDB 7.4418854e-05
3,721 Toward Large Scale Integration: Building a MetaQuerier over Databases on the Web 2005 CIDR 6.8139343e-05
3,833 Describing and Using Query Capabilities of Heterogeneous Sources 1997 VLDB 6.7141332e-05
4,203 Cost Models DO Matter: Providing Cost Information for Diverse Data Sources in a Federated System 1999 VLDB 6.3561618e-05
4,228 Harnessing the Deep Web: Present and Future 2009 CIDR 6.3354352e-05
4,337 InfoSleuth: Agent-Based Semantic Integration of Information in Open and Dynamic Environments 1997 SIGMOD 6.2714778e-05
4,393 Mapping Adaptation under Evolving Schemas 2003 VLDB 6.2184603e-05
4,510 iTrails: Pay-as-you-go Information Integration in Dataspaces 2007 VLDB 6.1239848e-05
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 9 of 9 cited papers.

Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank Cited Paper Year Venue Pagerank
82 Answering Queries Using Views (Extended Abstract) 1995 PODS 0.00054430106
138 Query Transformation for PSJ-queries 1987 VLDB 0.00042322097
253 Query Caching and Optimization in Distributed Mediator Systems 1996 SIGMOD 0.00030517335
288 Answering Queries Using Templates With Binding Patterns (Extended Abstract) 1995 PODS 0.00028885849
583 Answering Queries with Aggregation Using Views 1996 VLDB 0.00019705383
725 An Algorithm For Ordering Subgoals In Nail! 1988 PODS 0.00017466684
976 Answering Queries Using Limited External Query Processors 1996 PODS 0.00014877501
1,058 SIMS: Retrieving and Integrating Information From Multiple Sources 1993 SIGMOD 0.00014373326
2,972 Integrating Information by Outerjoins and Full Disjunctions (Extended Abstract) 1996 PODS 7.7933514e-05
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