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System and method for automatic loading of an XML document defined by a document-type definition into a relational database including the generation of a relational schema therefor

  • US 20020169788A1
  • Filed: 02/14/2001
  • Published: 11/14/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for generating a schema (22) for a relational database (14) corresponding to a document (12) having a document-type definition (18) and data (16) complying with the document-type definition (18), the document-type definition (18) having content particles representative of the structure of the document data (16), as well as loading the data into the relational database (14) in a manner consistent with the relational schema (22), the method comprising the steps of:

  • extracting (24) metadata (34) representative of the document-type definition (18) from the document-type definition (18);

    generating (28) the schema (22) for the relational database (14) from the metadata (34), wherein at least one table (20) is thereby defined in the relational database (14) corresponding to at least one content particle of the document-type definition (18) via the metadata (34); and

    loading (30) the document data (16) into the at least one table (20) of the relational database (14) according to the relational schema (22) in a manner driven by the metadata (34).

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