XML Databases and the Semantic Web
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Efficient access to data, sharing data, extracting information from data, and making use of the information have become urgent needs for today's corporations. With so much data on the Web, managing it with conventional tools is becoming almost impossible. New tools and techniques are necessary to provide interoperability as well as warehousing between multiple data sources and systems, and to extract information from the databases. XML Databases and the Semantic Web focuses on critical and new Web technologies needed for organizations to carry out transactions on the Web, to understand how to use the Web effectively, and to exchange complex documents on the Web.
This reference for database administrators, database designers, and Web designers working in tandem with database technologists covers three emerging technologies of significant impact for electronic business: Extensible Markup Language (XML), semi-structured databases, and the semantic Web. The first two parts of the book explore these emerging technologies. The third part highlights the implications of these technologies for e-business. Overall, the book presents a comprehensive view of critical technologies for the Web in general and XML in particular.
The semantic Web, XML, and semi-structured databases are still relatively new technologies that integrate many other technologies. As these technologies and integration of these advances mature, we can expect to see progress in the semantic web. The information contained in XML Databases and the Semantic Web is essential to the future success of effective e-business on the Web.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Trends
Supporting Technologies for XML
XML Technologies
XML Applications
Organization of This Book
How to Proceed
Part I: SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR XML
The World Wide Web and XML
Evolution of the Web
Corporate Information Infrastructures
Some Supporting Technologies for the Web
Review of HTML
Word Wide Web Consortium and XML
Web Database Management and XML
Web Databases
Data Mining and the Web
Architectural Aspects
Relationship to XML
Information Retrieval Systems and XML
Text Retrieval
Image Retrieval
Video Retrieval
Audio Retrieval
Multimedia Data Types
Markup Languages and SGML
Relationship to XML
Information Management Technologies and XML
Collaboration and Data Management
Multimedia Data Management
Knowledge Management
Decision Support
Agents for the Web
Some Other Information Technologies
Relationship to XML
E-Commerce and XML
E-Business and E-Commerce
Models for E-Commerce
Architectures or E-Commerce
E-Commerce Functions
Information Technologies for E-Commerce
Relationship to XML
Metadata, Ontologies, and XML
Background on Metadata
Metadata for the Web
Mining and Metadata
Note on Ontologies
Relationship to XML
Conclusion to Part I
Part II: XML AND THE SEMANTIC WEB
Basic Concepts in XML
Components of an XML Document
Containers, Elements, and Attributes
Namespaces
Data Types
Other Aspects
Advanced Concepts in XML
Semantic Issues
Revisiting DTDs
Xlink and Other Constructs
XML Schemas
XMLQL
Data Integration Issues
Internationalization
Other Aspects
The Semantic Web
Semantic Web Concepts
RDF
Revisiting Ontologies
Agents and the DAML Program
Semantic Web as a Database
XML, RDF, and Interoperability
Web vs. the Semantic Web
Semistructured Databases
Architectures for Semistructured Databases
Data Models for Semistructured Databases .
Functions of Semistructured Databases
Interoperability and Migration of Semistructured Databases
Revisiting XML
Some Developments
Conclusion to Part II
Part III: Applications of XML
XML Applications to E-Commerce
Discussion of Applications
Some Related Efforts
Applications of XML to Data Management
Metadata
Semistructured Databases
13.4 XML and Query Processing
Transaction Processing
Storage Management
Security, Integrity, and Fault Tolerance
Data Distribution
Interoperability and Migration
Data Warehousing and Mining
Architectures
Object Technology
Applications of XML to Information Management
Multimedia and XML
Collaborative Computing and XML
Knowledge Management and XML
Decision Support and XML
Agents and XML
Wireless Computing
Other Information Technologies and XML
XML-Related Data and Information Management Tools
for the Web
Web Database System Tools
Web Mining Tools
Web Application Server Tools
Web Knowledge Management Tools
Web Metadata and XML Tools
Other Web Information Management Tools
Breakthrough Standards, Tools, and Services
Building the Semantic Web
Revisiting Web vs. the Semantic Web
Incremental Evolution and Architectural Aspects
Data and Information Management Aspects
Interoperability Issues, XML, and RDF
Web Services
Putting It Together
Conclusion to Part III
Summary and Directions
Summary of This Book
Challenges and Directions for XML, Databases, and the
Semantic Web
Where to Go from Here
References
Appendix A
Data Management Systems: Developments and Trends
Overview
Developments in Database Systems
Status, Vision, and Issues
Data Management Systems Framework
Building Information Systems from the Framework
Relationship between the Texts
Summary
References
Appendix B
Database Systems and Related Technologies
Overview
Relational and Entity-Relationship Data Models
Architectural Issues
Database Design
Database Administration
Database Management System Functions
Distributed Databases
Heterogeneous Database Integration
Federated Databases
Client-Server Databases
Migrating Legacy Databases and Applications
Data Warehousing
Data Mining
Object Technology
Summary
References
Index
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