US 2006/0218194 A1Published application

Determining interest in an XML document

AssigneeOracle Internation Corporation

InventorAravind Yalamanchi

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Abstract

First data that represents a level associated with an element within an expression, such as an XPath expression, is generated from the expression, and stored in one or more columns of a table. Second data that represents a condition on an attribute of the element is generated from the expression, and stored in one or more columns of the same or a different table. A plurality of expressions can be processed as such, and a determination made whether any of the expressions match with a given hierarchical data item, such as an XML document, that includes a value that corresponds to an attribute that is associated with an element that resides at a particular level within the data item. Such determination is made based on whether the particular level matches the first data and the value satisfies the second data associated with a given expression.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A method comprising performing a machine-executed operation involving instructions for determining entities that are interested in a particular XML document, wherein the machine-executed operation is at least one of:

A) sending the instructions over transmission media;
B) receiving the instructions over transmission media;
C) storing the instructions onto a machine-readable storage medium;
and
D) executing the instructions;
wherein the instructions are instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
parsing the XML document to obtain levels for elements and values for attributes within the XML document;
generating first data that represents the elements and their respective levels and that represents the attributes and their respective values;
reading, from one or more data tables, second data that characterizes XPath expressions associated with a plurality of entities;
and
determining, based at least in part on comparing the first data and the second data, whether an entity of the plurality of entities is interested in the XML document.

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Facts

Application: 11/441,622Filed 26 May 2006
Priority: 10 May 2002
Published: 28 Sep 2006
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Classification8 codes

G06F 16/21
Of structured data, e.g. relational data: design, administration or maintenance of databases
G06F 16/86
Mapping; Conversion: mapping to a database
G06F 40/137
Use of codes for handling textual entities: hierarchical processing, e.g. outlines
Y10S 707/961
Organization of data: associative

Family

Application60/378,018Us provisional application · filed 10 May 2002
Application10/254,383Continuation in part · filed 24 Sep 2002
Application10/365,771Division · filed 12 Feb 2003
Application10/365,771Continuation in part · filed 12 Feb 2003
Application11/441,622Division · filed 26 May 2006
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