XML Data Management: Native XML and XML-Enabled Database Systems - Softcover

Chaudhri, Akmal; Rashid, Awais; Zicari, Roberto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201844524 ISBN 13: 9780201844528

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003

Synopsis

Within a very short amount of time XML has become an essential part of almost every developer's arsenal of tools. It has affected every area of software. One of the fields where the impact of XML is still being worked out is in the world of databases and data management. Will XML and native XML databases replace traditional relational databases? How can XML be used as a tool to make relational databases even stronger? This book is intended to address these questions. It provides a discusssion of the various XML data management approaches employed in a range of products and applications. The book is based on a series of presentations at last year's OOPSLA conference. Topics covered range from using XML with Oracle9i or SQL Server to embedded XML databases to Tamino. Individual chapters are written by experts in those fields. In all cases the authors use concrete, practical examples, explore alternative approaches, and examine their strengths and weaknesses. There is no other book with the breadth of coverage offered here.

About this title

About the Author

Akmal B. Chaudhri works for IBM developerWorks, where he is also Zone Editor for Special Projects. A recognized authority on objects and databases, he has been a regular presenter at many international conferences, including OOPSLA and Object World. In addition, he has edited several books on these topics.

Awais Rashid is a Lecturer in the Computing Department of Lancaster University in the U.K. where he leads research into the application of new technologies, such as XML and aspect-oriented programming, and database systems. He has actively published on these topics and has organized a number of relevant international events.

Roberto Zicari is a full Professor for Databases and Information Systems at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. He is an internationally recognized expert in Object Technology. He has consulted and lectured in Europe, North America, and Japan.

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From the Back Cover

"This is an excellent book that combines a practical and analytical look at the subject."

―Leo Korman, Principal Software Engineer, KANA Software

As organizations begin to employ XML within their information-management and exchange strategies, data management issues pertaining to storage, retrieval, querying, indexing, and manipulation increasingly arise. Moreover, new information-modeling challenges also appear. XML Data Management―with its contributions from experts at the forefront of the XML field―addresses these key issues and challenges, offering insights into the advantages and drawbacks of various XML solutions, best practices for modeling information with XML, and developing custom, in-house solutions.

In this book, you will find discussions on the newest native XML databases, along with information on working with XML-enabled relational database systems. In addition, XML Data Management thoroughly examines benchmarks and analysis techniques for performance of XML databases.

Topics covered include:

The power of good grammar and style in modeling information to alleviate the need for redundant domain knowledge

Tamino's XML storage, indexing, querying, and data access features

The features and APIs of open source eXist

Berkeley DB XML's ability to store XML documents natively

IBM's DB2 Universal Database and its support for XML applications

Xperanto's method of addressing information integration requirements

Oracle's XMLType for managing document centric XML documents

Microsoft SQL Server 2000's support for exporting and importing XML data

A generic architecture for storing XML documents in a relational database

X007, XMach-1, XMark, and other benchmarks for evaluating XML database performance

Numerous case studies demonstrate real-world problems, industry-tested solutions, and creative applications of XML data management solutions.

Written for both XML and relational database professionals, XML Data Management provides a promising new approach to data management, one that is sure to positively impact the way organizations manage and exchange information.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201844524
• ISBN 13: 9780201844528
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 688