Transforming XML into Object-Relational Schema
Mustapha Machkour, Karim Afdel · IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering · 2016
Recently, there is a vast increase in the use of XML for describing and exchanging data.To manipulate efficiently these data, it would be wise to use database systems which represent an appropriate tool to store and manage data.To have this purpose, we need to transform XML schema into database models such as relational and Object-Relational (OR).The aim of this work is to present a methodology that transforms an XML schema into the OR model.To be automatic, the steps of this transformation are formalized by a mapping function defined from XML into the object-relational model.Among the advantages of this transformation is that it preserves the structure and constraints defined in XML schema which enables to retrieve the initial XML structure from its converted, OR schema.