6. Handling XML collections
Since the creation of XML, the volume of documents has increased significantly.
In fact, it is necessary to store, manage and manipulate collections of XML documents in a dedicated database, with a query language specific to this format. In this section, we'll take a look at existing solutions, as well as the specific XPath language.
6.1 XML databases
XML databases are designed to store and manipulate large collections of XML documents. Several software solutions are available on the market, including BaseX ( http://www.basex.org/ ), eXist ( http://www.exist-db.org...
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- ISO Information processing – Office systems – Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) - ISO 8879 1986 ISO - 1986
- ISO Information technology – Document description and processing languages – Office Open XML" file formats – Part 1: Essential principles and markup language reference - ISO/IEC 29500-1 - 2016
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JEdit is a cross-platform, GNU GPL-licensed editor written in Java that lets you edit XML files and generate DTDs from an XML model.
See https://www.sourceforge.net/projects/jedit/files/jedit/
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