Open Source XML Database Toolkit

This guide aims to arm database professionals with the nuts-and-bolts information and tools they need to fully exploit XML's powerful capabilities. It focuses exclusively on how XML works with database technologies and provides clear technical coverage of the key issues involved with storing XML in databases and using relational databases with XML applications. Readers will learn how to move data stored in relational databases in and out of an XML application, store XML documents in a database, find and use the best XML database tools and applications, and store links in a database for metadata access. The book also discusses W3C specifications for XQL, XSL, Xlink, and Xpointer. The CD-ROM contains resources, utilities, examples from the book, and updated information.