iMeMex: Escapes from the Personal Information Jungle
Summary: iMeMex replaces fragmented, application-specific file storage with a unified personal information management and integration layer. It enables cross-format queries (including joins and unions) while incrementally integrating with Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Jens-Peter Dittrich (ETH Zurich)
- 2. Marcos Antonio Vaz Salles (ETH Zurich)
- 3. Donald Kossmann (ETH Zurich)
- 4. Lukas Blunschi (ETH Zurich)
BibTeX Citation
@article{dittrich_vldb05,
title = {{iMeMex: Escapes from the Personal Information Jungle}},
author = {Dittrich, Jens-Peter and Salles, Marcos Antonio Vaz and Kossmann, Donald and Blunschi, Lukas},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '05},
pages = {1306},
year = {2005}
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 5,128 | iTrails: Pay-as-you-go Information Integration in Dataspaces | 2007 | VLDB | 6.260847e-05 |
| 8,513 | WWHow! Freeing Data Storage from Cages | 2013 | CIDR | 5.3253368e-05 |
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| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 1,567 | Crossing the Structure Chasm | 2003 | CIDR | 0.00010213092 |
| 2,273 | A Platform for Personal Information Management and Integration | 2005 | CIDR | 8.7118476e-05 |
| 2,986 | A Database Striptease or How to Manage Your Personal Databases | 2003 | VLDB | 7.7808566e-05 |
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