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XML warehousing meets sociology

Senellart, Pierre; Nguyen, Benjamin; Manolescu, Ioana; Dudouet, François-Xavier (2005), XML warehousing meets sociology, IADIS International Conference on the Web and Internet, 2005-10, Lisbonne, Portugal

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Communication / Conférence
Date
2005
Conference title
IADIS International Conference on the Web and Internet
Conference date
2005-10
Conference city
Lisbonne
Conference country
Portugal
Pages
5
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Author(s)
Senellart, Pierre cc
Nguyen, Benjamin
Manolescu, Ioana cc
Dudouet, François-Xavier cc
Abstract (EN)
In this article, we describe a novel application of XML and Web based technologies: a sociological study of the W3C standardization process. We propose a new methodology and tools, to be used by sociologists to study the standardization process, illustrated by the W3C XQuery Working Group. The novelty of our approach has many facets. Information Technology (IT) has received little attention from sociologists, yet the standardization of the Web is a crucial issue, both economical and political, based on the use of a semi-structured content warehouse. We introduce a modeling and querying approach of an XML content warehouse, and show it produces high added-value information. This information is used to conduct a preliminary sociological analysis of the XQuery standardization process.
Subjects / Keywords
XQuery Working Group; XML; Web Warehousing; Standardization; Sociology; Political Science