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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
0.00032582003
Overall Rank
115 | 99.21%
DOI
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Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

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Rank Citing Paper Year Venue Pagerank
24 Data Integration: A Theoretical Perspective 2002 PODS 0.00055410952
160 Integration of Heterogeneous Databases Without Common Domains Using Queries Based on Textual Similarity 1998 SIGMOD 0.00028347075
168 Optimizing Queries across Diverse Data Sources 1997 VLDB 0.00027754227
229 Complexity of Answering Queries Using Materialized Views 1998 PODS 0.00024153632
254 Reconciling Schemas of Disparate Data Sources: A Machine-Learning Approach 2001 SIGMOD 0.00023381839
323 An Adaptive Query Execution System for Data Integration* 1999 SIGMOD 0.00021265144
445 Using Schema Matching to Simplify Heterogeneous Data Translation 1998 VLDB 0.00018382666
446 Don't Scrap It, Wrap It! A Wrapper Architecture for Legacy Data Sources 1997 VLDB 0.00018371659
505 Answering Recursive Queries Using Views 1997 PODS 0.0001738562
548 Answering Queries with Aggregation Using Views 1996 VLDB 0.00016771169
576 Extracting Structured Data from Web Pages 2003 SIGMOD 0.00016335144
687 Query Containment for Conjunctive Queries With Regular Expressions 1998 PODS 0.00015092985
849 Query Optimization in the Presence of Limited Access Patterns 1999 SIGMOD 0.00013666194
897 Data Integration: The Teenage Years 2006 VLDB 0.00013392568
912 A Scalable Algorithm for Answering Queries Using Views 2000 VLDB 0.00013338177
1,017 Answering Queries Using Limited External Query Processors 1996 PODS 0.00012689272
1,090 WSQ/DSQ: A Practical Approach for Combined Querying of Databases and the Web* 2000 SIGMOD 0.00012321103
1,148 Principles of Dataspace Systems 2006 PODS 0.00012051136
1,292 Catching the Boat with Strudel: Experiences with a Web-Site Management System 1998 SIGMOD 0.00011386844
1,301 Design Considerations for High Fan-in Systems: The HiFi Approach 2005 CIDR 0.00011324713
1,355 DTL’s DataSpot: Database Exploration Using Plain Language 1998 VLDB 0.00011164483
1,514 Crossing the Structure Chasm 2003 CIDR 0.00010587931
1,570 Update Exchange with Mappings and Provenance 2007 VLDB 0.00010390225
1,590 Managing Semantic Heterogeneity in Databases : A Theoretical Perspective 1997 PODS 0.00010347704
1,688 Using Schematically Heterogeneous Structures 1998 SIGMOD 0.00010094814
1,707 Reconciling while Tolerating Disagreement in Collaborative Data Sharing 2006 SIGMOD 0.0001004571
1,833 Using Probabilistic Information in Data Integration 1997 VLDB 9.7495804e-05
2,072 Query Rewriting for Semistructured Data 1999 SIGMOD 9.284472e-05
2,088 Obtaining Complete Answers from Incomplete Databases 1996 VLDB 9.2576134e-05
2,249 Open Data Integration 2018 VLDB 8.936583e-05
2,268 Orchestra: Facilitating Collaborative Data Sharing 2007 SIGMOD 8.9046562e-05
2,479 Computing Capabilities of Mediators 1999 SIGMOD 8.6017797e-05
2,514 Rewriting Queries Using Views in Description Logics 1997 PODS 8.5534937e-05
2,556 Cost-Based Optimization of Decision Support Queries using Transient-Views 1998 SIGMOD 8.4830358e-05
2,575 WISE-Integrator: An Automatic Integrator of Web Search Interfaces for E-Commerce 2003 VLDB 8.465554e-05
2,624 Answering Queries from Statistics and Probabilistic Views 2005 VLDB 8.3970315e-05
2,679 To Weave the Web 1997 VLDB 8.326475e-05
2,695 Processing First-Order Queries under Limited Access Patterns 2004 PODS 8.3019938e-05
2,711 Integrating Information by Outerjoins and Full Disjunctions (Extended Abstract) 1996 PODS 8.2786834e-05
2,840 Mind Your Vocabulary: Query Mapping Across Heterogeneous Information Sources 1999 SIGMOD 8.1116104e-05
3,008 Query Containment for Data Integration Systems 2000 PODS 7.9201981e-05
3,319 Quality-driven Integration of Heterogeneous Information Systems 1999 VLDB 7.5841234e-05
3,522 Describing and Using Query Capabilities of Heterogeneous Sources 1997 VLDB 7.410474e-05
3,637 Toward Large Scale Integration: Building a MetaQuerier over Databases on the Web 2005 CIDR 7.3097623e-05
3,673 STRUDEL: A Web-site Management System 1997 SIGMOD 7.273131e-05
4,135 Mapping Adaptation under Evolving Schemas 2003 VLDB 6.9414211e-05
4,412 Harnessing the Deep Web: Present and Future 2009 CIDR 6.7800922e-05
4,521 Capability Based Mediation in TSIMMIS 1998 SIGMOD 6.7179072e-05
4,635 Cost Models DO Matter: Providing Cost Information for Diverse Data Sources in a Federated System 1999 VLDB 6.6562734e-05
4,679 Data Sharing in the Hyperion Peer Database System 2005 VLDB 6.6309643e-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
72 Answering Queries Using Views (Extended Abstract) 1995 PODS 0.00037898166
166 Query Transformation for PSJ-queries 1987 VLDB 0.00027946882
294 Answering Queries Using Templates With Binding Patterns (Extended Abstract) 1995 PODS 0.00022186552
375 Query Caching and Optimization in Distributed Mediator Systems 1996 SIGMOD 0.00019799218
548 Answering Queries with Aggregation Using Views 1996 VLDB 0.00016771169
1,017 Answering Queries Using Limited External Query Processors 1996 PODS 0.00012689272
1,291 An Algorithm For Ordering Subgoals In Nail! 1988 PODS 0.00011390146
1,372 SIMS: Retrieving and Integrating Information From Multiple Sources 1993 SIGMOD 0.00011098681
2,711 Integrating Information by Outerjoins and Full Disjunctions (Extended Abstract) 1996 PODS 8.2786834e-05
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