A survey of xml tree patterns
- 1. ECWAY TECHNOLOGIES IEEE PROJECTS & SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTS OUR OFFICES @ CHENNAI / TRICHY / KARUR / ERODE / MADURAI / SALEM / COIMBATORE CELL: +91 98949 17187, +91 875487 2111 / 3111 / 4111 / 5111 / 6111 VISIT: www.ecwayprojects.com MAIL TO: ecwaytechnologies@gmail.com A SURVEY OF XML TREE PATTERNS ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is thus to provide a global and synthetic overview of more than 10 years of research about TPs and closely related issues with XML becoming a ubiquitous language for data interoperability purposes in various domains, efficiently querying XML data is a critical issue. This has lead to the design of algebraic frameworks based on tree-shape patterns akin to the treestructured data model of XML. Tree patterns are graphic representations of queries over data trees. They are actually matched against an input data tree to answer a query. Since the turn of the 21st century, an astounding research effort has been focusing on tree pattern models and matching optimization. This paper is a comprehensive survey of these topics, in which we outline and compare the various features of tree patterns. We also review and discuss the two main families of approaches for optimizing tree pattern matching, namely pattern tree minimization and holistic matching. We finally present actual tree pattern-based developments, to provide a global overview of this significant research topic.