Mapping from XML schema to relation mode based on pivot node
YU Jian-qiao · Journal of Computer Applications · 2009
DTD does not support the definition of the complex elements. Based on the formal definition of XML schema, the complex elements and the functional dependence were defined in XML. A new mapping method based on pivot node was proposed; it obtained the relation tables according to the pivot node and the XML functional dependences. The constraints that were represented by the XML functional dependences, as well as the content and the structure, were preserved at the same time. Much storage redundancy can be reduced. Furthermore, the relations mapped from XML were proved in Third Normal Form (3NF).