Apparatus and system for defining a metadata schema to facilitate passing data between an extensible markup language document and a hierarchical database
First Claim
1. An apparatus for defining a metadata schema to facilitate passing data between an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) document and a hierarchical database, the apparatus comprising:
- a storage device storing executable code;
a processor executing the executable code, the executable code comprising;
a database accessor accessing a database schema indicative of database field names and a hierarchical structure for a hierarchical database;
a document accessor accessing a document schema that defines the hierarchical structure, content data syntax, and semantics of valid, well-formed, XML documents that can be passed into and out of the hierarchical database, the document schema comprising an XML element name that maps to a database field name in the database schema, the document schema comprising at least one directive metadata element not interfering with third-party applications using the document schema and facilitating passing data between the XML document and the hierarchical database; and
an association module relating the database schema and the document schema to provide a metadata schema that enables data to be passed between an XML document and the hierarchical database.
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Abstract
The apparatus and system are provided for defining a metadata schema to facilitate passing data between an XML document and a hierarchical database. The invention includes a database accessor, a document accessor, and an association module. The database accessor accesses a database schema indicative of database field names and a hierarchical structure for a hierarchical database. The document accessor accesses a document schema that defines the hierarchical structure, content data syntax, and semantics of valid, well-formed, XML documents that can be passed into and out of the hierarchical database. The document schema also includes at least one XML element name that maps to a corresponding database field name in the database schema. The association module associates the database schema and the document schema to provide a metadata schema that enables data to be passed between an XML document and the hierarchical database.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus for defining a metadata schema to facilitate passing data between an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) document and a hierarchical database, the apparatus comprising:
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a storage device storing executable code; a processor executing the executable code, the executable code comprising; a database accessor accessing a database schema indicative of database field names and a hierarchical structure for a hierarchical database; a document accessor accessing a document schema that defines the hierarchical structure, content data syntax, and semantics of valid, well-formed, XML documents that can be passed into and out of the hierarchical database, the document schema comprising an XML element name that maps to a database field name in the database schema, the document schema comprising at least one directive metadata element not interfering with third-party applications using the document schema and facilitating passing data between the XML document and the hierarchical database; and an association module relating the database schema and the document schema to provide a metadata schema that enables data to be passed between an XML document and the hierarchical database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An article of manufacture comprising a storage device storing executable code, the executable code executed by a processor to perform a method for defining a metadata schema to facilitate passing data between an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) document and a hierarchical database, the method comprising:
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accessing a database schema indicative of database field names and a hierarchical structure for a hierarchical database; accessing a document schema that defines the hierarchical structure, content data syntax, and semantics of valid, well-formed, XML documents that can be passed into and out of the hierarchical database, the document schema comprising an XML element name that maps to a database field name in the database schema, the document schema comprising at least one directive metadata element not interfering with third-party applications using the document schema and facilitating passing data between the XML document and the hierarchical database; and relating the database schema and the document schema to provide a metadata schema that enables data to be passed between an XML document and the hierarchical database. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for defining a metadata schema, the method comprising:
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accessing, by use of a processor, a database schema indicative of database field names and a hierarchical structure for a hierarchical database; accessing a document schema that defines the hierarchical structure, content data syntax, and semantics of valid, well-formed, eXtensible Markup Language (XML) documents that can be passed into and out of the hierarchical database, the document schema comprising an XML element name that maps to a database field name in the database schema, the document schema comprising at least one directive metadata element not interfering with third-party applications using the document schema and facilitating passing data between the XML document and the hierarchical database; and relating the database schema and the document schema to provide a metadata schema that enables data to be passed between an XML document and the hierarchical database. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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