Querying XML

Helps managers and project leaders grasp how 'querying XML' fits into the larger context of querying and XML. This book provides a background from fundamental concepts (What is XML?) to data models (the Infoset, PSVI, XQuery Data Model), to APIs (querying XML from SQL or Java), and more.

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Jim Melton is editor of all parts of ISO/IEC 9075 (SQL) and is a representative for database standards at Oracle Corporation. Since 1986, he has been his company's representative to ANSI INCITS Technical Committee H2 for Database and a US representative to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC32/WG3 (Database Languages). In addition, Jim has participated in the W3C's XML Query Working Group since 1998 and is currently co-Chair of that Working Group. He is also Chair of the WG's Full-Text Task Force, co-Chair of the Update Language Task Force, and co-editor of two XQuery-related specifications. He is the author of several SQL books.Stephen Buxton is Director of Product Management at Mark Logic Corporation. Stephen is a member of the W3C XQuery Working Group and a founder/member of the XQuery Full-Text Task Force. Stephen has written a number of papers and articles on XQuery and SQL/XML, and is an editor of several W3C XQuery Full-Text specs. Before joining Mark Logic, Stephen was Director of Product Management for Text and XML at Oracle Corporation.

Inhalt

1. XML 2. Querying 3. Querying XML 4. MetadataAn Overview 5. Structural Metadata 6. The XML Information Set (Infoset) and Beyond 7. Managing XML: Transforming and Connecting 8. Storing: XML and Databases 9. XPath 1.0 and XPath 2.0 10. Introduction to XQuery 1.0 11. XQuery 1.0 Definition 12. XQueryX 13. Whats Missing? 14. XQuery APIs 15. SQL/XML 16. XML-Derived Markup Languages 17. Internationalization: Putting the W 18. Finding Stuff