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<Ma************@gmx.net> wrote:
Dear NG,
I am working on a student project about a mobile tourism information system
and among others I have to answer the question whether to use:
- a relational database
- a XML-native database
- a hybrid (XML atop relational database)
Can anyone please provide me with links and preferably article on this topic
(so that I can cite them in my paper)?
Any help is really appreciated because I need a theory-based answer to the
question when to use which system.
The relational model involves formal theory that may be readily
referenced (via works by luminaries such as Codd and Date); XML seldom
involves any use of formal theory at all.
Based on that, one may infer that if "theory-based" answers are
required, then the use of relational databases is the _only_ option
due to the paucity of formal theory associated with the other options.
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