System and method for sharing data between relational and hierarchical databases
CA 2413208 A1 · Owner: Wotring, Steven C. · Inventors: Wotring, Steven C.; Ripley, John R.
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The present invention provides a computer-implemented system and method for transforming relational database information into a hierarchical data representation (100). It provides for data sharing between relational and hierarchical data structures without requiring the data to be remodeled to fit a common format or convention. While maintaining the relational data in original format, user may transform and associate the data with a structure compatible with another format definition. The present invention may use XML HTML and SGML to structure a hierarchical data representation (100). Objectoriented formats may also be used to structure the data in an intermediary format for …
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