LLS: level-based labeling scheme for XML databases

  • Authors:
  • Samir Mohammad;Patrick Martin

  • Affiliations:
  • Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada;Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2010 Conference of the Center for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Labeling nodes of XML trees to reflect the structure is useful for indexing and retrieving XML data. Current labeling schemes can be divided into two groups: interval labeling and prefix labeling schemes. In this paper we first discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the two groups. We then propose a novel labeling scheme, Level-based Labeling Scheme (LLS), which has the advantages of the two types of schemes while eliminating the main disadvantages. The LLS is based on the levels of the nodes in XML trees and the summary of an XML tree. We provide a set of experiments that indicate the performance benefits of our proposed scheme compared with interval labeling schemes using different mappings to relational tables to implement the indices.