Using regular tree automata as XML schemas

We address the problem of tight XML schemas and propose regular tree automata to model XML data. We show that the tree automata model is more powerful than the XML DTDs and is closed under main algebraic operations. We introduce the XML query algebra based on the tree automata model, and discuss the query optimization and query pruning techniques. Finally we show the conversion of tree automata schema into XML DTDs.

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