The catalog views described in Table 7-8 return information about the xml entities in a database.
Catalog view
Description
sys.xml_attributes
A row per xml component that is an attribute (symbol_space = A).
This view inherits from sys.xml_components.
sys.xml_component_placements
A row per placement for xml components.
sys.xml_components
A row per component of an XML schema.
sys.xml_elements
A row per xml component that is an element (symbol_space = E).
sys.xml_facets
A row per facet of an xml-type definition.
sys.xml_indexes
A row per xml index.
This view inherits from sys.indexes.
sys.xml_model_groups
A row per xml component that is a Model-Group (symbol_space = M).
sys.xml_schema_collections
A row per XML schema collection.
sys.xml_schema_components
A row per XML schema component.
sys.xml_schema_namespaces
A row per XSD-defined XML namespace.
sys.xml_types
A row per xml component that is a Type (symbol_space = T).
sys.xml_wildcard_namespaces
A row per enumerated namespace for an xml wildcard.
sys.xml_wildcards
A row per xml component that is an Attribute-Wildcard (kind V) or Element-Wildcard (kind W) both with symbol_space = N.