Understanding XML databases

XML database (broadly) = XML-enabled database + native-XML Database

XML-enabled database = internal data is not stored in XML format

Native-XML database = internally stores data in XML format

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XML-enabled database product example: Lotus Domino.

XML-enabled database implementation example: for example, your relational DBMS, you want it to be able to process XML data, you can use a middleware called XML-DBMS:

Relational DBMS <------ JDBC ------> XML-DBMS middleware <------------> XML data

The XML-enabled database was criticized for its advantages in the hierarchical feature of XML. After being mapped to a table in a relational database, it becomes a row and a column in a plane, and all of its advantages are lost.

Native-XML database product example: Tamino of software ag.

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According to the description of Ronald bourret in XML database products, XML databases are divided into six types:

Middleware

XML-enabled databases

XML servers)

XML-enabled web servers

Content Management Systems

Persistent Dom implementations

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