Description of the illustration adxdb031.eps

This diagram shows a disk icon labeled "Oracle XML DB". The icon connects below it to four boxes with the following names: "Unifies Data and Content", "Faster Storage and Retrieval of Complex XML Documents", "Helps Integrate Applications", and "Also Handles non-XML Data with XMLType Views".

Box "Unifies Data and Contents" has the following list of capabilities below it: "Enhanced native database support for XML"; "Stores and manages structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data"; "Transparent XML and SQL interoperability"; "Exploits database features"; and "Exploits XML features". "Exploits database features" has the following features attached to it: "indexing, searching"; "updating, transaction processing"; "manages constraints"; "multiple data views"; "speeds up XML storage, retrieval"; and "supports standards for storing, modifying, retrieving data". "Exploits XML features" has the following features attached to it: "structure and storage independence"; "facilitates presentation and data display"; and "facilitates B2B data exchange".

"Faster Storage and Retrieval of Complex XML Documents" has the following capabilities below it: "Higher performance of XML operations" and Higher scalability of XML operations".

"Helps Integrate Applications" has the following capabilities below it: "XMLType views over local or remote sources"; "Connectivity to other databases, files,...."; and "Uniform SQL/XML queries over data integrated from multiple sources".

"Also Handles non-XML Data with XMLType Views" has the following capability below it: "Facilitates migrating of legacy and non-XML to XML data".