keyword searching and browsing in databases using banks（关键字搜索和浏览数据库使用银行）.pdfVIP

Keyword Searching and Browsing in Databases using BANKS Gaurav Bhalotia Arvind Hulgeri
Charuta Nakhe Soumen Chakrabarti S. Sudarshan Computer Science and Engg. Dept., I.I.T. Bombay bhalotia@, charuta@pspl.co.in,  aru,soumen,sudarsha @cse.iitb.ac.in Abstract With the growth of the World Wide Web, there has been a rapid increase in the number of users who need to ac- With the growth of the Web, there has been a rapid cess online databases without having a detailed knowledge increase in the number of users who need to access on- of schema or query languages; even relatively simple query line databases without having a detailed knowledge of the languages designed for non-experts are too complicated for schema or of query languages; even relatively simple query such users. Query languages for semi-structured/XML data languages designed for non-experts are too complicated are even more complex, increasing the impedance mismatch for them. We describe BANKS, a system which enables further. keyword-based search on relational databases, together Unfortunately, keyword search techniques used for lo- with data and schema browsing. BANKS enables users to cating information from collections of (Web) documents extract information in a simple manner without any knowl- cannot be used on data stored in databases. In relational edge of the schema or any needfor writing complex queries. datab