Title
Support for Schema Evolution in Data Stream Management Systems
Abstract
Unlike Database Management Systems (DBMSs), Data Stream Management Systems (DSMSs) do not evaluate queries over static data sets - rather, they continuously produce result streams to standing queries, and often operate in a context where any interruption can lead to data loss. Support for schema evolution in such an environment is currently unaddressed. In this work we address evolution in DSMSs by introducing a new element to streams, called an accent, that precedes and describes an evolution. We characterize how a subset of commonly used query operators in DSMS act on and propagate accents with respect to three evolution primitives: Add Attribute, Drop Attribute, and Alter Data.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2010
JOURNAL OF UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SCIENCE
data streams,schema evolution
Field
DocType
Volume
Data mining,Static data,Data loss,Computer science,Data stream,Operator (computer programming),Schema evolution,Management system,Database
Journal
16
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
20
0948-695X
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.39
16
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
James F. Terwilliger119812.35
Rafael J. Fernandez-Moctezuma240.78
Lois M. L. Delcambre3992420.78
David Maier456391666.90