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EasyQuerier: A keyword based interface for web database integration system

  • Renmin University of China

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Abstract

Recently a lot of work on integrating the search interfaces of multiple Web databases of the same domain into an integrated interface has been reported. Such integrated interfaces enable users to search multiple Web databases using one query. However, there are two potential problems when using these integrated interfaces in practice. First, if the number of domains is large, it may be difficult for users to find the correct domain. Second, the integrated interfaces can become too complicated for ordinary users to use. In this paper, we propose a system called EasyQuerier to tackle these problems. EasyQuerier allows the users to submit keyword-based queries to access the Web databases by first mapping a keyword-based user query to a suitable domain and then translating the user query to a well-formatted query on the integrated interface of the found domain. Our experiments show that both our domain mapping and query translation techniques work very well.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Databases
Subtitle of host publicationConcepts, Systems and Applications - 12th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2007, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages936-942
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9783540717027
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event12th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2007 - Bangkok, Thailand
Duration: Apr 9 2007Apr 12 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4443 LNCS

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2007
Country/TerritoryThailand
CityBangkok
Period04/9/0704/12/07

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