An Application of XML on Hierarchical Database for Data Exchange

Abstract

XML has been widely applied to many areas especially for database applications, such as data exchange between enterprises or organizations. Many applications for data exchange focus on relational databases. However, hierarchical databases are still being used in some businesses. In this paper, we propose an improved version of the data exchange model [3] for hierarchical databases. With this new model, original data type would not lose in the process of data transmission. A scenario is illustrated to demonstrate the process of data exchange between two companies.