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Querying GML: A Pressing Need

Querying GML: A Pressing Need
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Author(s): Jose E. Córcoles (Castilla La-Mancha University, Spain)and Pascual González (Castilla La-Mancha University, Spain)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 9
Source title: Handbook of Research on Geoinformatics
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Hassan A. Karimi (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-995-3.ch002

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Abstract

As a database format, XML (GML by extension) can be queried. In order to do this, we need a query language (of general use) to retrieve information from an XML document. Nevertheless, it is necessary to enrich the query language over XML features with spatial operators if we wish to apply it over spatial data encoded with GML. Otherwise, these query languages could only be used to query alphanumeric features of an XML document and not, for example, the topological relationship between two spatial regions. Today, there is a large set of query languages over XML. These query languages are different with respect to syntax, available operators and environment of applicability. However, they share the same features, that is, features of query languages over semi-structured data. With respect to GML, from the literature, it is known that four GML query languages have been proposed. The following chapter briefly describes these query languages over GML.

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