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Tree construction for XML to XML document transformation

US7480859B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Ravi Mani · Scarsdale, US
Joerg Meyer · Ludwigsburg, DE
Pratibha Sharma · Milpitas, US
Hovey R. Strong, Jr. · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 4, 2005
Grant date	Jan 20, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 4, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F40/143
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Transforming a user-supplied DTD satisfying a first XML grammar into a PDTD satisfying a second XML grammar, including converting DTD declarations of alternate content to sequences, converting DTD declarations of optional content to mandatory content, converting DTD declarations of imbedded sequences to subsequences, and demoting attribute definitions of DTD elements having attributes to children of the DTD elements having attributes. Embodiments include converting recursions into repetitions, demoting imbedded compound repetitions from element declarations having imbedded compound repetitions, and demoting imbedded leaves from elements having imbedded leaves.

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