Précis querying over relational data

• Thesis title in Czech: Précis querying over relational data
• Thesis title in English: Précis querying over relational data
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2006/2007
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Department of Software Engineering (32-KSI)
• Supervisor: prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Pokorný, CSc.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 06.03.2007
• Date of assignment: 06.03.2007
• Date and time of defence: 21.05.2007 00:00
• Date of electronic submission: 21.05.2007
• Date of proceeded defence: 21.05.2007
• Opponents: RNDr. Michal Kopecký, Ph.D.

Guidelines

Free form of querying a database belongs among basic methods of text processing. In the past, a number of attempts appeared to use this style of querying also over a relational database (e.g. system BARIQUE [2] v 80ties). Authors of [1] introduce a new technique of a free querying, in which complex queries in SQL over a relational database are automatically generated. As an answer they provide more relations than one as it is usual in relational database languages. User preferences are considered, e.g. according to his/her profile. The goal of thesis is to design and implement a prototype of a system that offers such functionality on the top an existing relational DBMS.

References

[1] G. Koutrika, A. Simitsis, Y. Ioannidis. Précis: A Novel Way to Query Answering Over Relational Data. 5th Hellenic Data Management Symposium (HDMS), 7-8 September 2006, Thessalonica, pp. 150-159.
[2] A., Motro: BAROQUE: A Browser for Relational Databases.ACM Trans. on Office Information Systems, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1983, pp. 164-181.
[3] Pokorný, J.: Dotazovací jazyky. Skripta UK, Vydavatelství Karolinum, 2002, 255 s.