Introduction to XML Database

Oracle XML database includes a set of Oracle database technologies related to high-performance XML storage and retrieval. It provides native XML support by encompassing both SQL and XML data models in an interoperable manner.

With Oracle XML database, you can:

• Store, query, update, and transform XML data while accessing it using SQL

• Perform XML operations on SQL data

• Organize and manage XML content using a file/folder/URL metaphor in a simple, lightweight XML repository

• Store and manage XML data in a storage-independent, content-independent, and programming language-independent infrastructure