Covers comprehensive issues and challenges discovered through leading international XML database research.

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. This book is best used by students that are knowledgeable in database technology and are familiar with XML.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International XML Database Symposium, XSym 2010, held in Singapore, in September 2010. The 11 papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on XML query processing; XML update and applications; and XML modeling.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International XML Database Symposium, XSym 2009, held in Lyon, France, in August 2009 in conjunction with the International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, VLDB 2009. The 8 revised full papers together with 7 short paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. Covering all current aspects of core database technology for XML data management, XML and data integration, and development and deployment of XML applications, the papers are organized in topical sections on XML twig queries, query execution, xml document parsing and compression, XQuery and XML transaction management and schema design.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International XML Database Symposium, XSym 2007, held in Vienna, Austria, in September 2007 in conjunction with the International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, VLDB 2007. The papers cover all current aspects of core database technology for XML data management, XML and data integration, and development and deployment of XML applications.

Supported by all major database systems, XML provides an easy, standardized method of transferring data between databases and to and from the Web, independent of the software in use Offers database programmers and data-driven Web developers detailed guidance on how to understand and work with XML as data Numerous hands-on, step-by-step examples help readers learn to simplify database work using XML Shows how to use XML to exchange data between multiple databases either internally or with external customers and partners Covers XML in popular databases including Oracle Database, SQL Server, and brief coverage of DB2 Database Covers basic syntax for XML, the XML DOM, and XSL – with an emphasis on database use, and native XML databases Additional topics covered include Native XML databases, XPath, XQuery, XLink, XPointer, DTDs, XML Schemas, among others

This invaluable guide places XML in context, discussing why it is so significant, and how it affects the business and computing worlds, most recently with the emergence of Web services. It also explores the full ranges of XML related technologies.

Providing key information on how to work with research data, Introduction to Data Technologies presents ideas and techniques for performing critical, behind-the-scenes tasks that take up so much time and effort yet typically receive little attention in formal education. With a focus on computational tools, the book shows readers how to improve thei