W3QS-a system for WWW querying

Author

Konopnicki, David ; Shmueli, Oded

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel

fYear

1997

fDate

7-11 Apr 1997

Firstpage

586

Abstract

Summary form only given. W3QL is a SQL like, high level language for accessing World-Wide Web (WWW) resident data and services, W3QL is declarative. A W3QL query specifies a graph to be matched with portions of the WWW (graph nodes corresponding to WWW pages, edges to hypertext links). A query can specify complex conditions on node contents and their relationships. A W3QL query may use existing search services (e.g. Alta Vista). W3QL is extensible as users may use their own data analysis tools (e.g. image analysis). W3QS is a system that manages W3QS queries. W3QS is accessible via the WWW or by using a programming based interface (API). On the WWW, W3QS provides several interfaces: intuitive graphic interfaces, templates of frequently posed queries, and direct programming

Keywords

Internet; application program interfaces; information retrieval; online front-ends; query languages; user interfaces; API; Alta Vista; SQL like high level language; W3QL query; W3QS; WWW querying system; World-Wide Web resident data access; data analysis tools; direct programming; frequently posed queries; hypertext links; image analysis; intuitive graphic interfaces; node contents; programming based interface; search services; Computer science; Content management; Data analysis; Graphics; High level languages; Image edge detection; Libraries; Page description languages; Prototypes; World Wide Web;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Data Engineering, 1997. Proceedings. 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Birmingham

ISSN

1063-6382

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7807-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDE.1997.582040

Filename

582040