Postgraduate - UnitFIT5168 - Semi-structured data management

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2013 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit investigates the management of semi-structured data. The unit explores the modelling of semi-structured data in XML using XML Schema and the transformation of such data using XSLT. It looks at methods for storing, querying and updating semi-structured data in both native-XML and object-relational database management systems and the design issues involved.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand the differences between structured and semi-structured data;
know how to manage data that is not be appropriately modelled by the relational model;
be able to design data repositories for XML documents;
be able to apply appropriate technology to manage and transform XML data;
be able to use current DBMS to store, retrieve and update non-relational data;
appreciate strengths and weaknesses of object-relational and native XML DBMS for handling XML.