Querying XML documents

Abstract

Web-based environments will typically need to maintain many documents. Ideally, this information would be held in a widely utilized and highly viewable format. The eXtensible Markup Language (XML) is a new standard that meets this criteria for world-wide web based applications. It is sophisticated enough so that complex real-world structures and relationships may be captured. Large collections of XML documents can be stored for efficient retrieval using database management systems (DBMS).