DeepFS - Implementing filesystems using semi-structured database technology

Primary goal is to find ways to enhance/combine the data storage and query capabilities of operating systems using semi-structured database technology.

DeepFS provides means to query the data stored in filesystems using standardized database query languages, namely XPath/XQuery. By storing the filesystem inside the BaseX database system and mounting the database instance as filesystem in userspace we present the feasibility of the approach.

Publications

• Holupirek, Grün, Scholl: BaseX & DeepFS - Joint storage for filesystem and database.  EDBT/ICDT Demo Track 2009
• Holupirek, Scholl: Implementing Filesystems by Tree-Aware DBMSs. VLDB PhD WS 2008
• Holupirek, Scholl: An XML Database as Filesystem in Userspace. Foundations of Databases 2008
• Holupirek, Grün, Scholl: Melting Pot XML - Bringing File Systems and Databases one step closer. BTW 2007

Contact

• Your personal contacts: Alexander Holupirek, Christian Grün, and Marc H. Scholl