Describing and Using Query Capabilities of Heterogeneous Sources
Summary: Introduces two languages for describing query capabilities of heterogeneous sources and compares their expressive power. Presents matching/translation algorithms to map queries to source-specific forms and improved query answering using these descriptions. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 10 of 10 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 867 | Query Optimization in the Presence of Limited Access Patterns | 1999 | SIGMOD | 0.00015757737 |
| 889 | Data Integration: The Teenage Years | 2006 | VLDB | 0.00015548507 |
| 2,039 | Views and Queries: Determinacy and Rewriting | 2005 | PODS | 9.7059912e-05 |
| 4,393 | Mapping Adaptation under Evolving Schemas | 2003 | VLDB | 6.2184603e-05 |
| 4,405 | Filtering with Approximate Predicates | 1998 | VLDB | 6.2048285e-05 |
| 5,084 | Active Knowledge: Dynamically Enriching RDF Knowledge Bases by Web Services | 2010 | SIGMOD | 5.7051019e-05 |
| 6,352 | Interactive Query Formulation over Web Service-Accessed Sources | 2006 | SIGMOD | 5.0950898e-05 |
| 6,654 | Efficient Evaluation of Queries in a Mediator for WebSources | 2002 | SIGMOD | 4.9704407e-05 |
| 7,306 | Compliant Geo-distributed Query Processing | 2021 | SIGMOD | 4.7626702e-05 |
| 12,344 | ANGIE: Active Knowledge for Interactive Exploration | 2009 | VLDB | 4.1905499e-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 |
| 127 | Querying Heterogeneous Information Sources Using Source Descriptions | 1996 | VLDB | 0.00044607231 |
| 152 | Optimizing Queries across Diverse Data Sources | 1997 | VLDB | 0.00040979242 |
| 288 | Answering Queries Using Templates With Binding Patterns (Extended Abstract) | 1995 | PODS | 0.00028885849 |
| 345 | Don't Scrap It, Wrap It! A Wrapper Architecture for Legacy Data Sources | 1997 | VLDB | 0.00026634783 |
| 669 | F-Logic: A Higher-Order Language for Reasoning about Objects, Inheritance, and Scheme | 1989 | SIGMOD | 0.00018413233 |
| 976 | Answering Queries Using Limited External Query Processors | 1996 | PODS | 0.00014877501 |
| 2,038 | Proof-Tree Transformation Theorems and Their Applications | 1989 | PODS | 9.7062591e-05 |
| 3,159 | Template-Based Wrappers in the TSIMMIS System | 1997 | SIGMOD | 7.4665252e-05 |
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| Overall Rank | Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,780 | A Natural Language Interface for Querying General and Individual Knowledge | 2015 | VLDB | 4.6489024e-05 |
| 12,704 | Approximate Query Translation Across Heterogeneous Information Sources | 2000 | VLDB | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 12,541 | Determining Source Contribution in Integration Systems | 2005 | PODS | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 1,508 | Using Schematically Heterogeneous Structures | 1998 | SIGMOD | 0.00011593524 |
| 14,015 | Languages for Multi-database Interoperability | 1997 | SIGMOD | - |
| 2,327 | Mind Your Vocabulary: Query Mapping Across Heterogeneous Information Sources | 1999 | SIGMOD | 9.0251624e-05 |
| 127 | Querying Heterogeneous Information Sources Using Source Descriptions | 1996 | VLDB | 0.00044607231 |
| 2,438 | Computing Capabilities of Mediators | 1999 | SIGMOD | 8.8205113e-05 |
| 3,175 | Quality-driven Integration of Heterogeneous Information Systems | 1999 | VLDB | 7.4418854e-05 |
| 288 | Answering Queries Using Templates With Binding Patterns (Extended Abstract) | 1995 | PODS | 0.00028885849 |