XSeek: A Semantic XML Search Engine Using Keywords
Summary: XSeek offers keyword-based XML search without XPath/XQuery or schema expertise. It infers search semantics by detecting entities/attributes, separating predicates from return specs, and generating meaningful results by synthesizing a return clause from keywords. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time
Authors
- 1. Ziyang Liu
- 2. Jeffrey Walker
- 3. Yi Chen
Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 5 of 5 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,456 | Keyword Search on Structured and Semi-Structured Data | 2009 | SIGMOD | 7.0756309e-05 |
| 9,192 | Querying Virtual Hierarchies using Virtual Prefix-Based Numbers | 2014 | SIGMOD | 4.3728466e-05 |
| 11,946 | Virtual eXist-db: Liberating Hierarchical Queries from the Shackles of Access Path Dependence | 2015 | VLDB | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 12,261 | Using XMorph to Transform XML Data | 2010 | VLDB | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 12,270 | Keymantic: Semantic Keyword-based Searching in Data Integration Systems | 2010 | VLDB | 4.1905499e-05 |
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 5 of 5 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | XRANK: Ranked Keyword Search over XML Documents | 2003 | SIGMOD | 0.0005840064 |
| 436 | XSEarch: A Semantic Search Engine for XML | 2003 | VLDB | 0.00023264416 |
| 547 | Schema-Free XQuery | 2004 | VLDB | 0.00020372992 |
| 989 | Efficient Keyword Search for Smallest LCAs in XML Databases | 2005 | SIGMOD | 0.00014805498 |
| 1,840 | Identifying Meaningful Return Information for XML Keyword Search | 2007 | SIGMOD | 0.00010350281 |
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Semantically Similar Papers
| Overall Rank | Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,148 | EXTRUCT: Using Deep Structural Information in XML Keyword Search | 2010 | VLDB | 4.8129765e-05 |
| 7,610 | A System for Keyword Proximity Search on XML Databases | 2003 | VLDB | 4.6921191e-05 |
| 5,722 | Flexible and Efficient XML Search with Complex Full-Text Predicates | 2006 | SIGMOD | 5.3534445e-05 |
| 73 | XRANK: Ranked Keyword Search over XML Documents | 2003 | SIGMOD | 0.0005840064 |
| 4,653 | Reasoning and Identifying Relevant Matches for XML Keyword Search | 2008 | VLDB | 6.0131731e-05 |
| 12,590 | XSeq: An Indexing Infrastructure for Tree Pattern Queries | 2004 | SIGMOD | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 12,326 | ExQueX: Exploring and Querying XML Documents | 2009 | SIGMOD | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 8,051 | A TeXQuery-Based XML Full-Text Search Engine | 2004 | SIGMOD | 4.5926491e-05 |
| 436 | XSEarch: A Semantic Search Engine for XML | 2003 | VLDB | 0.00023264416 |
| 1,840 | Identifying Meaningful Return Information for XML Keyword Search | 2007 | SIGMOD | 0.00010350281 |