A database that stores XML documents. There are two types. The first is the "XML-enabled database," which is a relational or object-oriented database that has been extended to hold XML data.

This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What is an XML database? XML databases use XML to model and query data.

namely Oracle Database, IBM DB2, Sybase ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise), and Microsoft SQL Server, not only can store XML data, but they hide much of the complexity of working with XML.

Here are the key vendors in each category: Tamino is the market leader in the native XML database arena, says Schmelzer. Other vendors include TeraText Solutions in Annapolis, Md. (a division of ...

The latest enterprise relational database management systems (RDBMSes) from market leaders IBM Corp., Microsoft and Oracle Corp. all boast improved XML-handling capabilities. XML figured prominently ...

Several SQL-to-XML conversion and translation tools are available. The Enterprise and Professional versions of the XMLSpy products from Altova.com can produce an XML schema from a relational database.

XML celebrated its tenth birthday in 2006, but database environments designed to hold XML data are still only just establishing their credibility. But even around its birth, a small number of ...

I want to create a Windows Application that allows a user to enter/edit/access data that he or she creates without connecting to a remote database ... maybe using XML files to store the data ...

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Software vendor eXcelon on Monday announced availability of eXtensible Information Server (XIS) 3.12, a native XML database that can be used in long-running business transactions connecting ...

However, what those tools will look like is still very much up in the air. A native XML database market is emerging to tackle this need. XML databases such as Ixiasoft Inc.s TextML Server ...