Transforming XML Documents using fxt

Transforming XML Documents using fxt

As XML spreads to various application domains, transformation tasks on XML documents are accomplished by an ever increasing number of non-programmers. In this respect, rather than providing just a collection of basic operations via a library in a special purpose language, it is useful to provide a more intuitive, rule-based approach to XML transformation. The rule-based approach requires patter...

Transforming XML Do uments using fxt

Fxt - A Transformation Tool for XML Documents

XML document processing is a subarea of tree processing for which the functional programming style is very natural. A pattern matcher is necessary for identifying parts of the tree to be processed. The functional style implies a processing model in which navigation is possible only to subtrees of a tree. This restriction can be compensated by using a tree pattern matcher able to relate to ances...

Transforming XML Documents as Schemas Evolve

Database systems often use XML schema to describe the format of valid XML documents. Usually, this format is determined when the system is designed. Sometimes, in an already functioning system, a need arises to change the XML schemas. In such a situation, the system has to transform the old XML documents so that they conform to the new format and that as little information as possible is lost i...

A Mapping Model for Transforming Nested XML Documents

XML has been extensively adopted in many modern data sharing applications. Following the relational setting, we might expect to directly use XQuery expressions to describe semantic mappings between schemas for transforming nested XML documents. Yet we observe that such an undecorated mapping representation is becoming one of the sources that complicate the ubiquitous tasks such as constructing,...