XIDM: A common Data Model based on XML
Li Bing, LU Zheng-ding, Peng De-chun · Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences · 2001
Integration between file systems and multidatabase systems is a necessary approach to support data sharing from distributed and heterogeneous data sources. We first analyses problems about data integration between file systems and multidatabase systems. Then, A common data model named XIDM (XML-based Integrating Data Model), which is XML-oriented, is presented. XIDM bases on a series of XML standards, especially XML Schema, and can well describe semistructured data. So XIDM is powerfully practicable and multipurpose.