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Semantic Data Modeling Using XML Schemas

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Conceptual Modeling — ER 2001 (ER 2001)

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Most research on XML has so far largely neglected the data modeling aspects of XML schemas.In this paper, we attempt to make a systematic approach to data modeling capabilities of XML schemas. We first formalize a core set of features among a dozen competing XML schema language proposals and introduce a new notion of XGrammar. The benefits of such formal description is that it is both concise and precise. We then compare the features of XGrammar with those of the Entity-Relationship (ER) model. We especially focus on three data modeling capabilities of XGrammar: (a) the ability to represent ordered binary relationships, (b) the ability to represent a set of semantically equivalent but structurally different types as “one” type using the closure properties, and (c) the ability to represent recursive relationships.

This author is partially supported by NSF grants 0086116, 0085773, 9817773.

We differentiate two terms — XML schema(s) and XML-Schema. The former refers to a general term for a schema for XML, while the latter [14] refers to one kind of XML schema language proposed by W3C.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Murali Mani, Dongwon Lee & Richard R. Muntz

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  2. George Mason University, Center for Secure Information Systems, Mail Stop 4A4, Fairfax, 22030-4444, VA, USA

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  3. Department of Computer and Information Science, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

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Mani, M., Lee, D., Muntz, R.R. (2001). Semantic Data Modeling Using XML Schemas. In: S.Kunii, H., Jajodia, S., Sølvberg, A. (eds) Conceptual Modeling — ER 2001. ER 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2224. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45581-7_13

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