In the present work we study possibilities in the area of automatic construction of Schematron schemas from a conceptual model for XML and possibilities in reverse-engineering of Schematron schemas. The work introduces the reader to conceptual schemas for XML and to rule-based validation of XML documents. Existing techniques for mutual conversions between XML schema languages and conceptual model are also included. The main part of the work is a design and implementation of a new method for deriving Schematron schemas from conceptual schemas for XML. This method allows to get XML schemas, which in some respects outperforms the possibilities of other popular schema languages.The work also discusses the issue of Schematron schema reverse-engineering and shows possibilities in the area and establishing basis for further research.

The aim of this thesis is to research the current possibilities and limitations of automatic generation of synthetic XML documents. The first part of the work discusses the properties of the most used XML data generators and compares them to each other. The next part of the thesis proposes an algorithm for XML data generation which focuses on subset of the main XML data characteristics (number of elements, number of attributes, fan-out, mixed contents etc.). The main target of the algorithm is to generate XML documents using a set of settings which are easy to understand. The last part of the work compares the proposed solution with the existing ones. The comparison focuses on how easy it is to generate XML documents, what structures can be created and finally it compares properties of the similar XML data created using different XML data generators. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / This thesis describes the development of a prototype application which collects, manages, and distributes knowledge gained by Coast Guard cutter crews making port calls throughout the world. The system uses XML technologies in server/client and stand alone environments. With a web browser, the user views and navigates the system's content from a downloaded file collection or from a centralized data source via a network connection. Users add and modify content with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) forms using their existing network connections. Client-side data access and navigation, as well as data storage, is performed using non-proprietary standards developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The prototype application's purpose is to fulfill the strategic goal of achieving superiority of maritime domain awareness over the areas in which the Coast Guard operates. The need for this application is based upon the lack of specific information from currently available reference publications, the absence of a system to distribute port call knowledge, and the data bandwidth limitations of cutters at sea. The need for knowledge retention aboard cutters is elevated by shortened crewmember assignment lengths due to the stressful and arduous duties of life at sea. / Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard

In the data mining process, it is necessary to prepare the source dataset - for example, to select the cutting or grouping of continuous data attributes etc. and use the knowledge from the problem area. Such a preparation process can be guided by background (domain) knowledge obtained from experts. In the SEWEBAR project, we collect the knowledge from experts in a rich XML-based representation language, called BKEF, using a dedicated editor, and save into the database of our custom-tailored (Joomla!-based) CMS system. Data mining tools are then able to generate, from this dataset, mining models represented in the standardized PMML format. It is then necessary to map a particular column (attribute) from the dataset (in PMML) to a relevant 'metaattribute' of the BKEF representation. This specific type of schema mapping problem is addressed in my thesis in terms of algorithms for automatic suggestion of mapping of columns to metaattributes and from values of these columns to BKEF 'metafields'. Manual corrections of this mapping by the user are also supported. The implementation is based on the PHP language and then it was tested on datasets with information about courses taught in 5 universities in the U.S.A. from Illinois Semantic Integration Archive. On this datasets, the auto-mapping suggestion process archieved the precision about 70% and recall about 77% on unknown columns, but when mapping the previously user-mapped data (using implemented learning module), the recall is between 90% and 100%.

by Qiuyue Wang. / "July 2002." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-82). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Ma Chak Kei. / Thesis submitted in: July 2002. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-101). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.II / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.VI / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.VII / LIST OF TABLES --- p.XI / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.XIII / Chapter CHAPTER 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Addressing and Manipulating XML Data --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Structured-Element Object Model (SEOM) --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Relate Research --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Contribution --- p.5 / Chapter 1.5 --- Thesis Overview --- p.6 / Chapter CHAPTER 2. --- BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGIES --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1 --- Overview of XML --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1.1. --- XML Basic Syntax --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.2. --- Namespaces in XML --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Overview of XML Schema --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.1. --- W3C XML Schema --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- ", Schema Alternatives" --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3 --- Overview of XPath --- p.13 / Chapter 2.4 --- Overview of DOM --- p.15 / Chapter CHAPTER 3. --- OVERVIEW OF STRUCTURED-ELEMENT OBJECT MODEL (SEOM) --- p.18 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.18 / Chapter 3.2 --- Objectives --- p.20 / Chapter 3.3 --- General Concepts in SEOM --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3.1. --- Data Representation --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3.2. --- Data Binding --- p.24 / Chapter 3.3.3. --- Data Access --- p.25 / Chapter CHAPTER 4. --- SEOM DOCUMENT MODELING --- p.27 / Chapter 4.1 --- Data Modeling --- p.27 / Chapter 4.1.1. --- Simple XML Data Model --- p.28 / Chapter 4.1.2. --- SEOM Data Model --- p.32 / Chapter 4.2 --- Schema Modeling --- p.41 / Chapter 4.2.1. --- SEOM Schema --- p.42 / Chapter 4.2.2. --- Creating a Schema --- p.46 / Chapter CHAPTER 5. --- SEOM DOCUMENT PROCESSING --- p.51 / Chapter 5.1 --- SEOM Document Processing --- p.51 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Classes --- p.51 / Chapter 5.2.1. --- SEOM Document Class --- p.52 / Chapter 5.2.2. --- A bstract SElement Class --- p.55 / Chapter 5.2.3. --- Generic SElement Class --- p.56 / Chapter 5.2.4. --- Implementation SElement Classes --- p.57 / Chapter 5.3 --- XML Parsing and Data Binding --- p.59 / Chapter 5.3.1. --- Parsing Process --- p.60 / Chapter 5.4 --- Querying --- p.62 / Chapter 5.4.1. --- Query Wrapper and Result Wrapper --- p.62 / Chapter 5.4.2. --- Embedding in XPath --- p.68 / Chapter CHAPTER 6. --- AN WEB-BASED SEOM DOCUMENT QUERY SYSTEM --- p.71 / Chapter 6.1 --- Web-based SEOM Document Query System --- p.71 / Chapter 6.2 --- Client-Server Architecture --- p.71 / Chapter 6.3 --- The Server --- p.74 / Chapter 6.3.1. --- Data Loading --- p.74 / Chapter 6.3.2. --- Implemented SElement - R-Tree --- p.74 / Chapter 6.3.3. --- Network Interface --- p.80 / Chapter 6.4 --- Client Side --- p.82 / Chapter 6.4.1. --- The Interface --- p.82 / Chapter 6.4.2. --- Programmatic Controls --- p.85 / Chapter CHAPTER 7. --- EVALUATION --- p.88 / Chapter 7.1 --- Experiment with Synthetic Data --- p.88 / Chapter 7.2 --- Qualitative Comparison --- p.90 / Chapter 7.3 --- Advantages --- p.91 / Chapter 7.4 --- Disadvantages --- p.92 / Chapter 7.5 --- Means of Enhancement --- p.93 / Chapter CHAPTER 8. --- CONCLUSION --- p.94 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.97

Diplomová práce zkoumá možnosti využití XSLT 2.0 při zpracování Topic Maps. Cílem je popsat výhody spojení XSLT a Topic Maps v prostředí webu. Popsány jsou všechny související technologie, zejména: TMAPI, XSLT, XPath a XML formát pro uložení map témat XTM. Pro ověření možností je vytvořeno rozhraní v XSLT 2.0, které je obdobou TMAPI rozhraní. Zároveň je vytvořena ukázková šablona využívající toto rozhraní, která umožňuje převod XTM do HTML. Zjištěno bylo, že spojení těchto technologií je pro prostředí webu vhodné.

Tato práce se zabývá různými charakteristikami komponovaných dokumentů a ukazuje potencionální výhody využití takových dokumentů v prostředí dnešního Webu. Hlavní pozornost je soustředěna na problémy spojené s validací komponovaných dokumentů. Práce zkoumá různé přístupy k řešení těchto problémů. Validační metoda NVDL (Namespace-based Validation Dispatching Language) je popsána detailně. Tato práce popisuje hlavní principy NVDL, zkoumá výhody a nevýhody oproti jiným přístupům a představuje JNVDL. JNVDL je kompletní implementace specifikace NVDL, která byla napsána v jazyce Java jako součást této práce. Popsány jsou nejen technické prvky implementace, ale JNVDL je představeno i z uživatelské perspektivy. Pro ověření využitelnosti bylo JNVDL integrováno do existujícího projektu pro validaci webových dokumentů s názvem Relaxed, aby jednoduše zpřístupnilo validaci komponovaných dokumentů autorům webového obsahu.

O gerenciamento de processos de negócio (BPM) objetiva a melhor documentação e padronização dos processos de negócio, além do aumento da eficiência e qualidade na execução dos processos. Um processo de negócio pode ser representado graficamente, através da Notação e Modelo de Processo de Negócio – BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation), a qual é um padrão da OMG (Object Management Group) para modelagem de processos. A BPMN provê um extenso conjunto de elementos de modelagem, tais como atividades, eventos e desvios, que possibilitam a representação de uma grande variedade de processos de negócio. É uma notação com alto poder de expressão que permite capturar a relação lógica e temporal entre atividades, objeto de dados e recursos. Contudo, considerando a especificação da BPMN, existem limitações entre a definição dos elementos notacionais e sua respectiva codificação (no formato XML). Por exemplo, não está expresso no XML do elemento fluxo de mensagem alguma definição que permita conectar apenas elementos posicionados em piscinas distintas, tal como descrito na definição conceitual da notação O principal enfoque deste trabalho é o desenvolvimento de uma lógica que permita expressar a definição textual para cada elemento notacional. Tal lógica foi chamada neste trabalho de meta-algoritmo. Para verificar a expressividade dos metaalgoritmos propostos, foi utilizado técnicas de Teste de Software, baseado em tabelas de decisão e grafos de fluxo de controle. Além disso, foi aplicado um questionário com o objetivo de verificar a aceitação perante os usuários. Como resultado, destaca-se que os meta-algoritmos tiveram aceitação de 73,33% dos participantes do questionário. A principal contribuição deste trabalho é prover uma lógica mais aderente às definições textuais dos elementos notacionais, além de evidenciar que os usuários podem ter um maior entendimento, conforme verificado no questionário aplicado. / Business process management (BPM) enables the documentation and standardization of business processes, increasing efficiency and quality in their execution. A business process can be represented graphically by Business Process Model and Notation – BPMN, which is an OMG (Object Management Group) standard for process modeling. BPMN provides an extensive set of modeling elements, such as activities, events and gateways, which enables the representation of a wide variety of business processes. It presents high expression power that captures both temporal and logical relations between activities, data object and resources. However, considering the BPMN specification, there exists a lack of conformity between the conceptual BPMN elements definition and their respective codification (in XML format). For example, it is not expressed in the XML Message Flow element any definition to connect only elements from different pools, as described in the conceptual element definition The main goal of this work is to develop a logic that enables to express the rules described in the conceptual element definition, for each notational element. In this work, meta-algorithm is the term used to refer to this logic. Techniques of Software Testing, such as decision tables and graph coverage were used to check expressiveness of the proposed meta-algorithms. In order to verify the acceptance of users, a survey was applied, to verify the acceptance with users. As result, meta-algorithms had accepted by 73.33% participants. As main contribution this work provides a more adherent logic, compared to conceptual element definition, as well an evidence that users can have an increasing of understanding, like verified in the survey.

Estágio realizado na ALERT Life Sciences Computing, S.A. e orientado pelo Eng.º Filipe Pereira / Tese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Informática e Computação. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2009