XML Query Processing and Optimization

—Over the past few years, XML (eXtensible Mark-up Language) has emerged as the standard for information representation and data exchange over the Internet. This paper provides a kick-start for new researches venturing in XML databases field. We survey the storage representation for XML document, review the XML query processing and optimization techniques with respect to the particular storage instance. Various optimization technologies have been developed to solve the query retrieval and updating problems. Towards the later year, most researchers proposed hybrid optimization techniques. Hybrid system opens the possibility of covering each technology’s weakness by its strengths. This paper reviews the advantages and limitations of optimization techniques. Keywords—indexing, labeling scheme, query optimization, XML storage.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: EDBTW
• Authors: Ning Zhang 0002
• Keywords: EDBTW 2004, Optimization Techniques, Software Engineering, XML Databases Field, XML Query Processing