Querying XML

XPath
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Querying XML

XPath

Not nearly as mature as Querying Relational

Newer No underlying algebra 1. XPath 2. XSLT 3. XQuery

Sequence of development

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XPath = Path expressions + Conditions Think of XML as a tree

XPath
Basic Constructs

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XPath = Path expressions + Conditions Built-in functions (lots of them)

XPath

Navigation axes (13 of them)

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XML document XML stream

XPath

XPath queries operate on & return sequence of elements

Sometimes result can be expressed as XML, not always Demo: XPath examples over bookstore data

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