<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">An Object-Based Approach for Effective XML Data Storage</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001</style></year></dates><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;XML data storage is a critical issue due to the socalled IObottleneck problem emerged in nowdays computer systems This paperpresents an ob jectbased XML data representation model towards eective XML data placement The proposed representation of XML docu ments is analysed in a twolevel scheme  the external level is based onthe structure of a browsing graph whereas the internal level is supportedby a treelike structure The main contribution of the paper is that it exploits the ob ject data model in order to consider XML data dependenciesaccess frequencies and constraints A simulation model has been developed in order to evaluate dierent XML data placement strategies andthe impact of the proposed representation model in the overall storageprocess XML data placement is applied on a tertiary storage subsystemby either constructive or iterative placement techniques Three popularpolicies  the Organpipethe Camel and the Simulated Annealing algorithmshave been considered and experiments have been carried out onsynthetic workloads of XML data sets The need of applying an XMLdata storage policy is apparent as indicated by the resulted improve ments in seek and service times The Simulated Annealing approach hasbeen proven to outperform the other XML data placement strategies.&lt;/p&gt;
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