XML Structural Summaries

Summary: XML Structural Summaries enable compact structural indexing for XML query processing and IR-style retrieval. It surveys centralized and distributed settings and outlines retrieval scenarios uniquely supported by such summaries. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 9989
Venue: VLDB
Year: 2008
Pagerank: 5.093636e-05
Overall Rank: 12,601 | 13.55%
DOI: 10.14778/1454159.1454221

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Authors

1. Mirella M. Moro (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul)
2. Zografoula Vagena (Microsoft)
3. Vassilis J. Tsotras (University of California)

BibTeX Citation

@article{moro_vldb08,
        title = {{XML Structural Summaries}},
        author = {Moro, Mirella M. and Vagena, Zografoula and Tsotras, Vassilis J.},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '08},
        volume = {1},
        number = {2},
        pages = {1524--1527},
        doi = {10.14778/1454159.1454221},
        url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/1454159.1454221},
        year = {2008}
}

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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
48	DataGuides: Enabling Query Formulation and Optimization in Semistructured Databases	1997	VLDB	0.00044033592
875	Towards an Internet-Scale XML Dissemination Service	2004	VLDB	0.00013478623
897	APEX: An Adaptive Path Index for XML Data	2002	SIGMOD	0.00013339862
4,113	On Boosting Holism in XML Twig Pattern Matching Using Structural Indexing Techniques	2005	SIGMOD	6.8941988e-05
7,423	Benefits of Path Summaries in an XML Query Optimizer Supporting Multiple Access Methods	2005	VLDB	5.6218773e-05

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