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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
8445
Venue
VLDB
Year
1997
Pagerank
0.00064281097
Overall Rank
61 | 99.58%
DOI
-

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410 Timber: A Sophisticated Relation Browser 1982 VLDB 0.00023886475
438 W3QS: A Query System for the World-Wide Web 1995 VLDB 0.00023220283
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1,722 OdeView: The Graphical Interface to Ode 1990 SIGMOD 0.00010741116
2,084 On Index Selection Schemes for Nested Object Hierarchies 1994 VLDB 9.5788876e-05
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