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RE: XML and Queries (not XQL)



Title: RE: XML and Queries (not XQL)
It is useful to query the schema to provide a means
to construct a query.   This is straightforward in
terms of "string schlepping" in the interface to get
names.   Yes one can consider the content model
productions to constrain views of a sort.
 
As a query itself, no.  It doesn't work. In simplistic 
terms,  a query defines the conditions of the search;
the schema defines the properties of the search.  It
has been considered several times since the SGML
years.

Len
http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard

Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti.
Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan.Robie@SoftwareAG-USA.com [mailto:Jonathan.Robie@SoftwareAG-USA.com]

Selberg wrote:

> Are there examples of using XML as a substitute for
> an SQL query? I mean examples of using a DTD to define
> a valid search given as XML as the search criteria in
> a database?