Database-Inspired Search - VLDB 2005.pptVIP

Database-Inspired Search David Konopnicki and Oded Shmueli IBM Haifa Technion Back in 1994-95… W3QL – W3QS: A database approach to Web data A way to “improve” search results A database language for searching the web Using full-text indexes as starting points Had conditions on “semi-structured” formats: n1.format eq “Latex File” n1.section[3].content =~ /zoo/ Would record form fillings and re-execute them automatically Basically, a way to define personal crawlers Contemporary Systems First generation languages: WebSQL (Mihaila, Mendelzon and Milo) Second generation langua