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DataGuides: Enabling Query Formulation and Optimization in Semistructured Databases

Summary: DataGuides provide structural summaries for semistructured data, acting as on-the-fly schemas. They enable query formulation, store stats and samples, and guide optimization; implemented with incremental upkeep in Lore for browsing and planning. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
8444
Venue
VLDB
Year
1997
Pagerank
0.00064329285
Overall Rank
61 | 99.58%
DOI
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11,938 Virtual eXist-db: Liberating Hierarchical Queries from the Shackles of Access Path Dependence 2015 VLDB 4.1945683e-05
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12,407 XML Structural Summaries 2008 VLDB 4.1945683e-05
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114 A Query Language and Optimization Techniques for Unstructured Data 1996 SIGMOD 0.00046339735
414 Timber: A Sophisticated Relation Browser 1982 VLDB 0.0002388204
437 W3QS: A Query System for the World-Wide Web 1995 VLDB 0.00023240203
1,535 PESTO: An Integrated Query/Browser for Object Databases 1996 VLDB 0.00011467414
1,724 OdeView: The Graphical Interface to Ode 1990 SIGMOD 0.00010750441
2,081 On Index Selection Schemes for Nested Object Hierarchies 1994 VLDB 9.5870732e-05
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