GN-DTD: Graphical Notations for Describing XML Documents

This paper presents a graphical approach to model XML documents based on a Data Type Documentation called Graphical Notations-Data Type Documentation (GN-DTD). GN-DTD allows us to capture syntax and semantic of XML documents in a simple way but precise. Using various notations, the important feature...

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Published in2010 Second International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications pp. 214 - 221
Main Authors Zainol, Zurinahni, Bing Wang
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.04.2010
Subjects
Application software
Computer science
Data models
Documentation
Graphics
Object oriented modeling
Process design
Visualization
XML
XML design
XML Model
XML schema
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ISBN9781424460816
1424460816
DOI10.1109/DBKDA.2010.29

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Summary:This paper presents a graphical approach to model XML documents based on a Data Type Documentation called Graphical Notations-Data Type Documentation (GN-DTD). GN-DTD allows us to capture syntax and semantic of XML documents in a simple way but precise. Using various notations, the important features of XML documents such as elements, attributes, relationship, hierarchical structure, cardinality, sequence and disjunction between elements or attribute are visualize clearly at the schema level. We believe, by having GN-DTD as tool, helps the user to arrange the content of XML documents in order to give a better undertanding of DTD structures, to improve XML design and normalization process. In this paper we presented also the transformation rules to convert from GN-DTD to DTD.
ISBN:9781424460816
1424460816
DOI:10.1109/DBKDA.2010.29