Taming XPath Queries by Minimizing Wildcard Steps
Summary: Introduces a layer axis to rewrite sequences of wildcard XPath steps into a single layer-axis step. Offers a rewriting algorithm and evaluation strategy that minimizes wildcard steps, enabling selective loading and wildcard-free XPath processing. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Chee-Yong Chan
- 2. Wenfei Fan
- 3. Yiming Zeng
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| 4,351 | From Region Encoding To Extended Dewey: On Efficient Processing of XML Twig Pattern Matching | 2005 | VLDB | 6.2563762e-05 |
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| 239 | Holistic Twig Joins: Optimal XML Pattern Matching | 2002 | SIGMOD | 0.00031581944 |
| 712 | Efficient Algorithms for Processing XPath Queries | 2002 | VLDB | 0.00017714027 |
| 1,236 | Minimization of Tree Pattern Queries | 2001 | SIGMOD | 0.00013107769 |
| 1,951 | Secure XML Querying with Security Views | 2004 | SIGMOD | 9.9907874e-05 |
| 2,174 | ViST: A Dynamic Index Method for Querying XML Data by Tree Structures | 2003 | SIGMOD | 9.3762595e-05 |
| 2,957 | Efficient Algorithms for Minimizing Tree Pattern Queries | 2002 | SIGMOD | 7.8143379e-05 |
| 3,125 | Holistic Twig Joins on Indexed XML Documents | 2003 | VLDB | 7.5228453e-05 |
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