Glossary

.NET:
Software strategy and suite of tools, implemented by Microsoft Corporation. Used for development and executing Web Services over the Internet.

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Absolute Path:
XPath search expression starting at the root node of an XML document.
Abstracted Class:
An abstraction is created to generalize attributes, values, and methods that are common to multiple classes.
Active Server Pages:
A Microsoft Corporation, server-side Internet scripting language.
Algorithm:
A set of computational steps, implemented to solve a problem.
Alias:
An assumed name or label assigned to some type of token or object, such as a table in a relational database query.
ALTER INDEX:
A command used to change the structure and/or content of an index in a relational database.
ALTER TABLE:
A command used to change the structure and/or content of a table in a relational database.
Alternate Index:
An index created on one or more fields of a relational table as an addition to any existing primary or foreign key indexes.
Amazon:
Globally present Internet company that primarily operates as an online book retailer.
Ancestor :
Any node above the current node in an XML hierarchical tree. For example, the parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, or the root node are all ancestors of a node within an XML document.
Ancestor Node:
See Ancestor .
Ascending Index:
An index that is built sorted in ascending order, such as A, B, C.
ASP:
See Active Server Pages .
Atomic Value:
A text value, having no children or parent node.
Attribute:
In XML, an attribute is a specific value assigned to an element. In an object world, an attribute defines specific slots within classes. Attributes are the equivalent of a relational entity column or field.
Auto Counter:
Allows automated generation of sequences of numbers , usually one after the other, such as 101, 102, 103, and so on. Some database engines call auto counters sequences.


Beginning XML Databases
Beginning XML Databases (Wrox Beginning Guides)
ISBN: 0471791202
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 183
Authors: Gavin Powell

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