2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/108619We study the applicability of XML path summaries in the context of current-day XML databases. We find that summaries provide an excellent basis for optimizing data access methods, which furthermore mixes very well with path-partitioned stores. We provide practical algorithms for building and exploiting summaries, and prove its benefits through extensive experiments.Databasestext