The past few years have seen a dramatic increase in the popularity and adoption of XML, the eXtensible Markup Language. This explosive growth is driven by its ability to provide a standardized, extensible means of including semantic information within documents describing semi-structured data. This makes it possible to address the shortcomings of existing markup languages such as HTML and support data exchange in e-business environments.
Dynamic Web pages, where the data resides in a backend database and is served using predefined templates, reduce the coupling between the data and its representation. However, the semantics of the data can still be confusing when exchanging information in an e-business environment. A particular item could be represented using different names (in the simplest case) in two systems in a business-to-business transaction. This enforces adherence to complex, often proprietary, document standards.
XML provides inherent support for addressing the above problems, as the data in an XML document is self-describing. However, the increasing adoption of XML has also raised new challenges. One of the key issues is the management of large collections of XML documents. There is a need for tools and techniques for effective storage, retrieval, and manipulation of XML data. The aim of this book is to discuss the state-of-the-art in such tools and techniques.
Table Of Content:
Ch01 - Information Modeling with XML
Ch02 - Tamino-Software AG's Native XML Server
Ch03 - eXist Native XML Database
Ch04 - Embedded XML Databases
Ch05 - IBM XML-Enabled Data Management Product Architecture and Technology
Ch06 - Supporting XML in Oracle9i
Ch07 - XML Support in MS SQL Server 2000
Ch08 - A Generic Architecture for Storing XML Documents in a Relational Database
Ch09 - An Object-Relational Approach to Building a High-Performance XML Repository
Ch10 - Knowledge Management in Bioinformatics
Ch11 - Case Studies of XML Used with IBM DB2 Universal Database
Ch12 - The Design and Implementation of an Engineering Data Management System Using XML and J2EE
Ch13 - Geographical Data Interchange Using XML-Enabled Technology within the GIDB System
Ch14 - Space Wide Web by Adapters in Distributed Systems Configuration from Reusable Components
Ch15 - XML as a Unifying Framework for Inductive Databases
Ch16 - Designing and Managing an XML Warehouse
Ch17 - XML Management System Benchmarks
Ch18 - The Michigan Benchmark: A Micro-Benchmark for XML Query Performance Diagnostics
Ch19 - A Comparison of Database Approaches for Storing XML Documents
Ch20 - Performance Analysis between an XML-Enabled Database and a Native XML Database
Ch21 - Conclusion
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