A query based approach for integrating heterogeneous data sources

Published 6 November 2000Open access

Ruxandra Domenig, Klaus R. Dittrich

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Extensions to OQL are presented which allow to query structurally heterogeneous data, i.e. structured, semistructured and unstructured data alike, and to integrate data on-they and deal with issues of the extensive meta information about sources that is needed for integration.

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Article Free Access Share on A query based approach for integrating heterogeneous data sources Authors: Ruxandra Domenig Department of Information Technology, University of Zurich, Switzerland Department of Information Technology, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandView Profile , Klaus R. Dittrich Department of Information Technology, University of Zurich, Switzerland Department of Information Technology, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandView Profile Authors Info & Claims CIKM '00: Proceedings of the ninth international conference on Information and knowledge managementNovember 2000 Pages 453–460https://doi.org/10.1145/354756.354853Online:06 November 2000Publication History 11citation821DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations11Total Downloads821Last 12 Months13Last 6 weeks2 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF

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