Re: XML databases [ was: S.O.D.A. database Query API - call for comments ]

Thanks Jan, I knew you'd reply;-)

"Compreheding monads" is sittin on my table for 3rd or 4th month -- I'm somewhere on page #2:-(

In article <9ec3ps$kgd$1_at_news.tue.nl>, Jan Hidders says...
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>mikito Harairi wrote:
>> In article <9earpo$def$01$1_at_news.t-online.com>, Carl Rosenberger says...
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>> >Queries return a tree structure.
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>> I'm sorry to sidetrack here, but
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>> 1. Does anybody know 'must read' theoretical paper about queries on tree
>> structures?
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>Not really, but if you look at the references of Xquery
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> http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery/#section-References
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>and trace back to the theoretical roots (look at Quilt, Lorel, YATL)
>then you will probably find what you are looking for. See for instance
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> http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/382326.html
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>and anything else by Philip Wadler on (semi-)monads such as
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> http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/wadler92comprehending.html
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Received on Tue May 22 2001 - 00:50:02 CEST