Chang, C. and Garcia-Molina, H. and Paepcke, A. (1999) Predicate Rewriting for Translating Boolean Queries in a Heterogeneous Information System. ACM Transactions on Information Systems, 17 (1). pp. 1-39.
BibTeX | DublinCore | EndNote | HTML |
![]()
| PDF 749Kb |
Abstract
Searching over heterogeneous information sources is difficult in part because of the non-uniform query languages. Our approach is to allow users to compose Boolean queries in one rich front-end language. For each user query and target source, we transform the user query into a subsuming query that can be supported by the source but that may return extra documents. The results are then processed by a filter query to yield the correct final results. In this paper we introduce the architecture and associated mechanism for query translation. In particular, we discuss techniques for rewriting predicates in Boolean queries into native subsuming forms, which is a basis of translating complex queries. In addition, we also presents experimental results for evaluating the cost of post-filtering. We have implemented prototype versions of these mechanisms and demonstrated them on heterogeneous Boolean systems.
Item Type: | Article | |
---|---|---|
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Boolean queries, query translation, predicate rewriting, information retrieval, heterogeneity, digital libraries, query subsumption, filtering. | |
Subjects: | Computer Science > Digital Libraries Computer Science > Query Processing | |
Projects: | Digital Libraries | |
Related URLs: | Project Homepage | http://www-diglib.stanford.edu/diglib/pub/ |
ID Code: | 389 | |
Deposited By: | Import Account | |
Deposited On: | 25 Feb 2000 16:00 | |
Last Modified: | 27 Dec 2008 16:43 |
Download statistics
Repository Staff Only: item control page