Chapter 7: XML Support in Microsoft SQL Server 2000

After finishing his Ph.D. at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) in the area of database systems, Michael Rys went to Stanford University for a postdoc, where he worked on semi-structured databases and distributed heterogeneous information integration. In late 1998, he joined Microsoft Corporation in Redmond where he is now a program manager for SQL Server's XML technologies. He has been a regular presenter and panelist on XML and databases. Michael has previously worked for I. P. Sharp, ETHZ, and Reuters and is also a member of the W3C XML Query Language Working Group and a member of ACM and IEEE.