Method and apparatus for facilitating efficient processing of extensible markup language documents

A method comprising:

• providing an extensible markup language (XML) schema;
• providing a compressed XML instance table;
• decompressing the compressed XML instance table to provide a resultant XML instance table;
• using the resultant XML instance table and the XML schema to facilitate a corresponding XML document process.

An apparatus comprising:

• a first memory having an extensible markup language (XML) schema as corresponds to an XML document stored therein;
• a second memory having an XML instance data as corresponds to the XML document stored therein;
• a binary schema processor operably coupled to the first memory and being configured and arranged to process the XML schema apart from the XML instance data to provide resultant compressed XML schema data;
• an XML instance table processor operably coupled to the second memory and being configured and arranged to process the XML instance data to provide a corresponding XML instance table;
• a compressor having an input operably coupled to the XML instance table processor and having a compressed XML instance table output.