Modeling Business Objects with XML Schema

11

Reality Check

The World Is Relational

11.1 Motivation

11.2 Databases

11.3 The Relational Data Model

11.4 The Relational Algebra

11.5 Normalization

11.6 Brief Introduction to SQL

11.7 Simple Data Types

11.8 Complex Types

11.9 Constraints

11.10 From Relational Tables to XML Schema

11.11 Mediation between RDBMS and XML Databases

In today’s enterprise environments, relational databases are the strategic method for data storage. For an enterprise-strength XML, it is crucial to integrate with this technology. This chapter explores paths of migration from and to relational databases as well as concepts of collaboration between the XML format and the relational format.

The chapter starts by giving an introduction into the relational data model ...