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XML Normal Forms Based on Constraint-Tree-Based Functional Dependencies

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Advances in Web and Network Technologies, and Information Management (APWeb 2007, WAIM 2007)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNISA,volume 4537))

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This paper studies the normalization problem of XML datasets with DTDs as their schemas. XML documents may contain redundant information due to some anomaly functional dependencies among elements and attributes just as those in relational database schema. The concepts of XML partial functional dependency and transitive functional dependency based on constraint tree model and three XML normal forms: 1xNF, 2xNF and 3xNF, are defined, respectively.

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  1. College of Mathematics and System Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China

    Teng Lv & Ping Yan

  2. Teaching and Research Section of Computer, Artillery Academy, Hefei 230031, China

    Teng Lv

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Lv, T., Yan, P. (2007). XML Normal Forms Based on Constraint-Tree-Based Functional Dependencies. In: Chang, K.CC., et al. Advances in Web and Network Technologies, and Information Management. APWeb WAIM 2007 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4537. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72909-9_39

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