Books in the The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems series

Helps managers and project leaders grasp how 'querying XML' fits into the larger context of querying and XML. This book provides a background from fundamental concepts (What is XML?) to data models (the Infoset, PSVI, XQuery Data Model), to APIs (querying XML from SQL or Java), and more.

Addresses the realities of successful sites. This book aims to provide the reader with the knowledge, tools, approaches, and processes to manage key site maintenance and evolution projects. It describes content management & customer relationship management and how to go about implementing them.

Teaches you how to use the Unified Modeling Language - the official standard of the Object Management Group - to develop and implement the best possible design for your database. This book leads you step by step through the design process, from requirements analysis to schema generation.

Suitable for database designers and database administrators using Visio, which is the database component of Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET for Enterprise Architects suite, also included in MSDN subscriptions, this book provides an introduction to data modeling, and includes practical advice on managing database projects.

Explores the conceptual modeling approach of software engineering, from idea to application. This work helps to learn not only how to harness the design technologies of relational databases for use on the Web, but also how to transform their conceptual designs of data-intensive Web applications into effective software components.

Provides a look at XML and other technologies for publishing structured documents on the Web. This work examines developed methods for querying and updating structured Web documents and semistructured data, including XML-QL and XSL. It looks into the convergence of Web and database approaches to semistructured data presentation and querying.

Provides heuristics, rules, tips, and tricks that intend to help readers improve their SQL programming style and proficiency, and format and write portable, readable, maintainable SQL code. This book enables readers to give their group a coding standard for internal use, to enable programmers to use a consistent style.

Discusses the concept of how physical structures of databases affect performance, including specific examples, guidelines, and practices for a variety of DBMSs and configurations. This volume explores B+tree indexing, clustered indexes, multidimensional clustering (MDC), range partitioning, and, shared nothing partitioning

Intended for IT managers and technical staff involved in the creation, administration, or maintenance of a data management infrastructure that includes XML. This book provides the guidance for data managers to make measured decisions about XML within their organizations.