XML Databases

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This paper explains that XML is an 'Extensible Markup Language', which is a subset of SGML that makes up a particular text markup language that can be used in web applications in the process of the interchanging of certain structured data. The author points out that the basic idea of web design is to stay as close to the reality as possible, while making sure that the web page is attractive and the delivery is fast because, when a user becomes impatient, then the charm of a beautifully designed web page will be lost on them. The paper relates that the best thing about XML and its new tools is that a designer can build applications which are driven by one single information model whereby the behavior and the application of the program can be changed and adapted wherever necessary without changing the code.

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"What exactly is a 'web-enabled database? The World Wide Web, as everyone knows, provides the user with a host of tools with which he cane gain access to information and knowledge on the Internet and browse for information using web browsing technologies. Numerous people also use web browsing in order to deliver marketing messages, advertising information, promotional material for any products, and so on. However, what is most surprising is the fact that the World Wide Web is rarely, if ever, used for what it really must be used for: the provision to interactive business information on the Internet, through which an organization may make any number of queries for information and then gain access to the information that the queries generate. An organization can also place orders on the World Wide Web, and get all its numerous statements and records updated constantly through the browser services provided on the Internet. In a nutshell, this is what a web-enabled database must be able to do, and this is what it does if it is implemented well."

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