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| 20080172603 | XML-based translation Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with providing an XML-based translation service are described. One method embodiment includes accessing a translation-aware XML document that may comply with a translation-enabling XML schema. The document may store a f... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080082560 | Implementation of backward compatible XML schema evolution In-place XML schema evolution occurs by evaluating an existing XML schema in a database system to see if it is compatible with a new XML schema. To determine if the old schema is compatible with the new schema, a lock-step traversal is performed on the two schemas. Each... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20070271305 | Efficient piece-wise updates of binary encoded XML data An XML document can be represented in a compact binary form that maintains all of the features of XML data in a useable form. In response to a request for a modification (e.g., insert, delete or update a node) to an XML document that is stored in the compact binary form... | 11/22/2007 |
