XML Data support in RDBMS through XML-View

Recently, XML is emerging as a web document standard and researches on storing and querying XML documents using existing RDBMS are actively in progress. In this paper, we propose a method that enables users to view and use XML documents like a relational table by extending concept of RDBMS's SQL view and. table function. In our approach, XML documents are existed independently of RDBMS and users can register relational schema of necessary part of XML document by using XML-View definition statement. Registered XML-View can be queried by SQL, and XML -table function is internally used so that XML - View can be accessed and used like a relational table. The proposed method enables users to access XML documents by providing the XML- View definition syntax and the table-function for existing RDBMS. Also, when schema modification for XML is needed, user can handle by modification of the XML- View definition.