Abstract
This demonstration illustrates how a variety of queries can be built dynamically by examining XML stored in databases through general purpose XForms. The forms are called the Universal XForms for XQuery, and abbreviated to the Universal XForms. The Universal XForms help users to construct XQueries through the provision of prompts, and do not require prior knowledge of the structure of the data to be queried. Sample XML documents from more than twenty industry formats constitute the base for illustrating the building of queries in the demonstration.
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Malaika, S., Wells, K. (2009). Universal XForms for Dynamic XQuery Generation. In: Bellahsène, Z., Hunt, E., Rys, M., Unland, R. (eds) Database and XML Technologies. XSym 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5679. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03555-5_13
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