An Approach to Heterogeneous Data Translation based on XML Conversion.

Authors: 
Papotti, Paolo; Torlone, Riccardo
Author: 
Papotti, P
Torlone, R
Year: 
2004
Venue: 
CAiSE Workshops: Web Information Systems Modeling (WISM)
URL: 
http://www.dia.uniroma3.it/%7Epapotti/Projects/chameleon/pdf/Wism04.pdf
Citations: 
7
Citations range: 
1 - 9
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In this paper, we illustrate a preliminary approach to the
translation of Web data between heterogeneous formats. This work fits
into a larger pro ject whose aim is the development of a tool for the man-
agement of data described according to a large variety of formats used on
the Web and the (semi)automatic translation of schemes and instances
from one model to another. Data translations operate over XML repre-
sentations of instances and rely on a uniform representation of models
that we call metamodel. The metamodel shows structural diversities and
dictates the needed transformations. Complex translation can be derived
by combining a number of predefined basic functions performing XML
transformations expressed in XQuery. Practical examples are provided
to show the effectiveness of the approach.