Thuraisingham XML Databases and the Semantic Web

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-1-4200-0002-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

Efficient access to data, sharing data, extracting information from data, and making use of the information have become urgent needs for today's corporations. With so much data on the Web, managing it with conventional tools is becoming almost impossible. New tools and techniques are necessary to provide interoperability as well as warehousing between multiple data sources and systems, and to extract information from the databases. XML Databases and the Semantic Web focuses on critical and new Web technologies needed for organizations to carry out transactions on the Web, to understand how to use the Web effectively, and to exchange complex documents on the Web.

This reference for database administrators, database designers, and Web designers working in tandem with database technologists covers three emerging technologies of significant impact for electronic business: Extensible Markup Language (XML), semi-structured databases, and the semantic Web. The first two parts of the book explore these emerging technologies. The third part highlights the implications of these technologies for e-business. Overall, the book presents a comprehensive view of critical technologies for the Web in general and XML in particular.

The semantic Web, XML, and semi-structured databases are still relatively new technologies that integrate many other technologies. As these technologies and integration of these advances mature, we can expect to see progress in the semantic web. The information contained in XML Databases and the Semantic Web is essential to the future success of effective e-business on the Web.

Zielgruppe

Database administrators, database designers, web designers, XML programmers, database technicians, and managers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thuraisingham, Bhavani

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION

Trends

Supporting Technologies for XML
XML Technologies
XML Applications
Organization of This Book

How to Proceed
Part I: SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR XML

The World Wide Web and XML

Evolution of the Web

Corporate Information Infrastructures

Some Supporting Technologies for the Web
Review of HTML
Word Wide Web Consortium and XML
Web Database Management and XML

Web Databases

Data Mining and the Web
Architectural Aspects

Relationship to XML

Information Retrieval Systems and XML

Text Retrieval

Image Retrieval

Video Retrieval
Audio Retrieval

Multimedia Data Types
Markup Languages and SGML

Relationship to XML

Information Management Technologies and XML

Collaboration and Data Management
Multimedia Data Management

Knowledge Management

Decision Support
Agents for the Web

Some Other Information Technologies
Relationship to XML

E-Commerce and XML

E-Business and E-Commerce

Models for E-Commerce

Architectures or E-Commerce

E-Commerce Functions
Information Technologies for E-Commerce
Relationship to XML

Metadata, Ontologies, and XML

Background on Metadata

Metadata for the Web
Mining and Metadata

Note on Ontologies

Relationship to XML

Conclusion to Part I
Part II: XML AND THE SEMANTIC WEB
Basic Concepts in XML

Components of an XML Document

Containers, Elements, and Attributes

Namespaces
Data Types
Other Aspects

Advanced Concepts in XML

Semantic Issues

Revisiting DTDs
Xlink and Other Constructs

XML Schemas
XMLQL
Data Integration Issues
Internationalization
Other Aspects

The Semantic Web

Semantic Web Concepts
RDF
Revisiting Ontologies
Agents and the DAML Program
Semantic Web as a Database

XML, RDF, and Interoperability

Web vs. the Semantic Web

Semistructured Databases

Architectures for Semistructured Databases
Data Models for Semistructured Databases.
Functions of Semistructured Databases
Interoperability and Migration of Semistructured Databases

Revisiting XML

Some Developments
Conclusion to Part II
Part III: Applications of XML

XML Applications to E-Commerce
Discussion of Applications

Some Related Efforts

Applications of XML to Data Management

Metadata

Semistructured Databases

13.4 XML and Query Processing

Transaction Processing
Storage Management
Security, Integrity, and Fault Tolerance
Data Distribution
Interoperability and Migration
Data Warehousing and Mining

Architectures

Object Technology

Applications of XML to Information Management
Multimedia and XML

Collaborative Computing and XML
Knowledge Management and XML

Decision Support and XML
Agents and XML

Wireless Computing
Other Information Technologies and XML
XML-Related Data and Information Management Tools
for the Web
Web Database System Tools
Web Mining Tools
Web Application Server Tools

Web Knowledge Management Tools

Web Metadata and XML Tools

Other Web Information Management Tools

Breakthrough Standards, Tools, and Services

Building the Semantic Web

Revisiting Web vs. the Semantic Web
Incremental Evolution and Architectural Aspects

Data and Information Management Aspects

Interoperability Issues, XML, and RDF
Web Services
Putting It Together

Conclusion to Part III
Summary and Directions

Summary of This Book
Challenges and Directions for XML, Databases, and the
Semantic Web
Where to Go from Here
References
Appendix A
Data Management Systems: Developments and Trends

Overview

Developments in Database Systems

Status, Vision, and Issues
Data Management Systems Framework

Building Information Systems from the Framework

Relationship between the Texts

Summary

References

Appendix B
Database Systems and Related Technologies
Overview

Relational and Entity-Relationship Data Models
Architectural Issues
Database Design
Database Administration

Database Management System Functions

Distributed Databases
Heterogeneous Database Integration

Federated Databases
Client-Server Databases

Migrating Legacy Databases and Applications

Data Warehousing

Data Mining

Object Technology

Summary

References

Index