20th International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE'04)
Integrating XML Data in the TARGITOLAP System
Boston, Massachusetts
March 30-April 02
ISBN: 0-7695-2065-0
This paper presents work on logical integration of OLAP and XML data sources, carried out in cooperation between TARGIT, a Danish OLAP client vendor, and Aalborg University. A prototype has been developed that allows XML data on the WWW to be used as dimensions and measures in the OLAP system in the same way as ordinary dimensions and measures, providing a powerful and flexible way to handle unexpected or short-term data requirements as well as rapidly changing data. Compared to earlier work, this paper presents several major extensions that resulted from TARGIT's requirements. These include the ability to use XML data as measures, as well as a novel multigranular data model and query language that formalizes and extends the TARGIT data model and query language.
Citation:
Dennis Pedersen, Jesper Pedersen, Torben Bach Pedersen, "Integrating XML Data in the TARGITOLAP System," icde, pp.778, 20th International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE'04), 2004