AN ANALYSIS OF RELATIONAL STORAGE STRATEGIES FOR PARTIALLY STRUCTURED XML

Yasser Abdel Kader, Barry Eaglestone, Siobhán North

2008

Abstract

This paper presents a performance analysis of strategies for storing XML data sets in relational databases, focusing on XML datasets that are a combination of structured and semi-structured data. The analysis demonstrates advantages of a hybrid approach combining structure mapping and XML data type instances. However problems remain with current technology with regards to scaling of the approach for large data sets. Also, anomalous results are identified and a threshold at which the cost of data shredding out weighs the advantages of structure mapping.

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Abdel Kader Y., Eaglestone B. and North S. (2008). AN ANALYSIS OF RELATIONAL STORAGE STRATEGIES FOR PARTIALLY STRUCTURED XML . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-8111-26-5, pages 165-170. DOI: 10.5220/0001525601650170


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author={Yasser Abdel Kader and Barry Eaglestone and Siobhán North},
title={AN ANALYSIS OF RELATIONAL STORAGE STRATEGIES FOR PARTIALLY STRUCTURED XML},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2008},
pages={165-170},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001525601650170},
isbn={978-989-8111-26-5},
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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - AN ANALYSIS OF RELATIONAL STORAGE STRATEGIES FOR PARTIALLY STRUCTURED XML
SN - 978-989-8111-26-5
AU - Abdel Kader Y.
AU - Eaglestone B.
AU - North S.
PY - 2008
SP - 165
EP - 170
DO - 10.5220/0001525601650170