developerWorks : XML : XML Structures for Existing Databases

This book chapter, excerpted from the just-published Wrox Press book Professional XML Databases, offers clear, authoritative guidance for how to deal with an existing database that you need to move to XML, from modeling the tables and keys to dealing with orphaned elements. The chapter provides an overview of the issues involved and details 11 rules for creating XML data structures for data in a relational database. The article includes suggestions for creating data structures that can be processed rapidly. Used with the permission of the publisher.