Format Evolution

Authors

Ralf Lämmel and Wolfgang Lohmann

Abstract

A systematic approach to the adaptation of XML documents and their DTDs is developed. The approach facilitates the evolution of XML-based formats. There are two essential ideas. Firstly, changes in the formats of documents are represented as stepwise transformations on the underlying DTDs. Secondly, the corresponding migration of the XML data is largely induced by the DTD transformations. The presentation focuses on concepts of format evolution, namely roles of corresponding transformations, properties of the transformations, and expressiveness to implement the transformations.

Bibtex entry

@inproceedings{LL01-RETIS,
 author = "Ralf L{\"a}mmel and Wolfgang Lohmann",
 title = "{Format Evolution}",
 booktitle = "{Proc.\ 7th International Conference
               on Reverse Engineering for Information Systems
               (RETIS 2001)}",
 publisher = "OCG",
 year = 2001,
 series = "books@ocg.at",
 volume = "155",
 pages = "113--134"
}

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