18th International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE'02)
DBXplorer: A System for Keyword-Based Search over Relational Databases
San Jose, California
February 26-March 01
ISBN: 0-7695-1531-2
Keyword-based search has been popularized by Internet search engines. While traditional database management systems offer powerful query languages, they do not allow keyword-based search. In this paper, we discuss DBXplorer, a system that enables keyword-based search in relational databases. DBXplorer has been implemented using a commercial relational database and web server and allows users to interact via a browser front-end. We outline the challenges and discuss the implementation of our system including the results of extensive experimental evaluation.
Citation:
Sanjay Agrawal, Surajit Chaudhuri, Gautam Das, "DBXplorer: A System for Keyword-Based Search over Relational Databases," icde, pp.0005, 18th International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE'02), 2002