N

name change fields, table queries , 101102

NamedNodeMap class, 35

namespace nodes

XPath scripting language, 266

XQuery language, 302

namespaces

defined, 211

discussed, 24

prefix, adding to tags, 2526

semantic conflict, 25

SOAP message, 211213

XForm, 340341

name--value pairs , 14

naming rules, elements , 17

native XML database . See NXD

natural joins , 107

negativeInteger data type, 372

nested subqueries , 110

nested tables , 145

Netscape browser , 1

news feeds , 389 , 393

Node class

appendChild() method, 34

attributes and methods of, 33

functions performed by, 32

Try It Out exercise, 3537

node() function, 277

NodeList class

attributes and methods of, 34

functions performed by, 32

nodes

collection, 30

node level locking, NXD, 261

pattern matching, 6970

relationships between elements, 18

relationships, XPath scripting language, 266268, 288

xsl:attribute element, 67

xsl:copy element, 6768

xsl:copy--of element, 6869

xsl:element element, 6667

nodes() method, 169

node--set function, 77

nonNegativeInteger data type, 372

nonPositiveInteger() data type, 372

normalized structure, object model , 226 , 231

NOT logical operator, 93

numbers , formatNumber() method, 81

numeric data types, XSD , 372

numeric functions, XPath scripting language , 284

NXD (native XML database)

concurrency, 261

content classification, 260261

data--centric documents, 260261

DBPrism database, 386

defined, 248, 433

discussed, 245, 384

document--centric document, 260

end of chapter exercise, 262263

eXist database, 385

index creation, 258

metadata values, 249

multiple--layered document example, 251

node level locking, 261

reading, 261

repository information, 246

schema independent, 252255

single--layered document example, 248249

storage in, 261

Tamino database, 385

TigerLogic database, 385

transactional control, 261

uses for, 247

when to use, 394395

XHive database, 385

XIndice database, 386