Visually Exploring and Querying XML with BaseX

Abstract: XML documents are widely used as a generic container for textual contents. As they are increasingly growing in size, XML databases have come up to efficiently store and query their contents. Besides, due to the hierarchic structure of XML documents, hierarchic visualizations are needed to facilitate cognitive access to query results. BaseX is a simple database prototype, mapping XML documents to a table-based tree encoding. An integrated treemap visualization and a query interface allow visual access to the documents and demonstrate the interactive response time of the underlying data storage.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: BTW
• Authors: Christian Grün, Alexander Holupirek, Marc H. Scholl
• Keywords: BTW 2007, Hierarchic Visualizations, XML Databases, XML Documents