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Determining interest in an XML document

  • US 20060218194A1
  • Filed: 05/26/2006
  • Published: 09/28/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising performing a machine-executed operation involving instructions for determining entities that are interested in a particular XML document, wherein the machine-executed operation is at least one of:

  • A) sending the instructions over transmission media;

    B) receiving the instructions over transmission media;

    C) storing the instructions onto a machine-readable storage medium; and

    D) executing the instructions;

    wherein the instructions are instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of;

    parsing the XML document to obtain levels for elements and values for attributes within the XML document;

    generating first data that represents the elements and their respective levels and that represents the attributes and their respective values;

    reading, from one or more data tables, second data that characterizes XPath expressions associated with a plurality of entities; and

    determining, based at least in part on comparing the first data and the second data, whether an entity of the plurality of entities is interested in the XML document.

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