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Method for improving the functionality of a binary representation

US7882428B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Jörg Heuer · Munich, DE
Andreas Hutter · Munich, DE
Ulrich Niedermeier · Leiblfing, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 29, 2006
Grant date	Feb 1, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99942
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for improving functionality of a binary representation of an XML-based content description, wherein a structure of any instance of an XML document corresponds to a tree-like data structure is provided. The method includes providing that each tree node represents an element of the content description and has a structure which is defined in a schema, providing the tree nodes in the binary representation with tree branch codes, providing that the respective tree branch code has a schema branch code and, when there are multiple occurrences of an associated child node based on the definition of the schema, a position code, and re-sorting a complete path such that all the position codes are moved to an end of the respective complete path, thereby enabling simpler filtering of the binary representation.

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