Chapter 18. XML and Databases
by Earl Bingham
In this chapter
XML and Databases—Introduction to the History of Their Relationship
Working with XML as Data
XML and Relational Databases
Native XML Databases
Future Directions
Additional Resources
Roadmap
XML and databases have an interesting relationship because XML documents organize data and style, and databases have been designed to store data and semantics.
Often relational databases that work with XML are referred to as XML-Enabled Databases because they have extensions that allow them to seamlessly transfer data between themselves and XML documents. Database vendors have been around for a long time and have developed mature repositories that can store your XML content. Each of the major database ...
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