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Middle-tier data management: the middle tiers in the XDBMS architecture can be confusing. (xmatters).

Publication: XML Journal
Publication Date: 01-APR-02 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
XML databases are different from traditional databases, and they require a new set of features and metrics for evaluating them. In my last column (XML-J, Vol. 3, issue 2) I talked about native XML database management systems (XDBMS), and I'd like to follow up with how they differ from traditional databases and why this is significant.

When databases were first introduced to the industry eons ago, corporations had piles upon piles of data waiting to be poured into some form of digital storage and management. Not so with the introduction of XML -- the biggest bottlenecks today are the piles upon piles of applications trying to effectively use all the available digital information.

Addressing this need is something that is square in the middle of XML's sweet spot. XML is flexible enough to manage any information (structured and unstructured) and extensible enough to support new and changing applications,...

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