Re: Using XML and a relational database

"Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]" <oleg_at_NO!SPAM!PLEASEtkachenko.com> wrote:

>Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>
>>>Don't be conning! Yes, xml docs with the regular form can be transformed to
>>>relational structure, but this is the only one case. The app need to be able
>>>to work with ustructured and semistructured xml documents and this is the
>>
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> All data is structured, or it is just noise (and not data).
>>
>> "semi-structured" is like "half-pregnant".
>
>Well, in fact semi-structured data in XML world is common term
>referring to XML documents having sort of variant and flexible
>substructure (usually traditional text documents, such as books or
>articles) whose content model can be described using complex union
>types, xs:choice's, & connectors, xs:any etc. Unstructured data in XML
>terms is probably DTD/Schema-less documents.

     Oh, I know. I think that it is a lousy term.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko
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