Abstract
XML data warehouses form an interesting basis for decision-support applications that exploit complex data. However, native-XML database management systems (DBMSs) currently bear limited performances and it is necessary to research for ways to optimize them. In this paper, we propose a new join index that is specifically adapted to the multidimensional architecture of XML warehouses. It eliminates join operations while preserving the information contained in the original warehouse. A theoretical study and experimental results demonstrate the efficiency of our join index. They also show that native XML DBMSs can compete with XML-compatible, relational DBMSs when warehousing and analyzing XML data.
Recommended Citation
Mahboubi, Hadj; Aouiche, Kamel; and Darmont, Jérôme, "A Join Index for XML Data Warehouses" (2008). CONF-IRM 2008 Proceedings. 5.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/confirm2008/5