Foundations of Databases
Abiteboul
Hull
Vianu
Addison Wesley
1995
Introduction
In this section, we introduce the concept of XML...
What is XML?
XML is a hierarchical data model...
Why use XML?
Because Microsoft endorsed it...
Conclusion
Okay, XML rulez!
The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin
2001
Chronicle of Data Models
On Day 1, man created the relational model;
On Day 2, man created the extensible markup language (XML)...