XML Databases and Document Repositories

In addition to XML support built in to a number of existing relational databases, a number of specialized databases are also designed specifically for working with XML. The same holds true for document repositories. There are a number of document management solutions that were based on SGML but have been retrofitted to deal with XML. We will list a number of these products in Appendix D, “XML Software and Applications.” However, the following resources deal with the subject of data management and XML in general, not vendor specific solutions:

• XML and DBMS (http://www.25hoursaday.com/StoringAndQueryingXML.html)— This article discusses the use of XML and Databases on a broad level.

• Introductionto XML Native Databases (http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/10/31/nativexmldb.html)— This article introduces using databases that are designed for use with XML.