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Danielle Dinunzio
Altova software attempts to increase the efficiency of program use in order to reduce the amount of time needed for users to learn database software[6] and other tasks such as query execution.[7] Examples of Altova software includes the XML editor XMLSpy,[8] and MapForce, a data mapping tool.[9][10] Altova has also added XBRL capable programs to its XML software line,[11] including development tools.[12] In addition, they have included Web Services Description Language,[13] project management and Unified Modeling Language capabilities to their software.[14] Most recently, the company has introduced a mobile development environment called MobileTogether for developing cross-platform enterprise mobile solutions.[15] At the beginning of 2014, the company claimed to have more than 4.6 million users of its software.[16]
For technical users, Altova offers a complete line of desktop developer software for XML, JSON, SQL, and UML; high-performance workflow automation server products; and a cross-platform mobile and enterprise app development framework.
Almost all enterprises use relational databases to handle real time business operations and most need to generate various XML documents for data exchanges internally among various departments and externally with business partners. Exporting data in a relational database to an XML document can be considered a data conversion process. Based on the four approaches for data conversion: Customized program, Interpretive transformer, Translator generator, and Logical level translation, this paper proposes a new interpretive approach using Structured Export Markup Language SEML interpreter for converting relational data into XML documents. The frameworks and languages proposed by other researchers are neither generic nor able to generate arbitrary XML documents. Therefore, SEML interpreter is a simple, user friendly, and complete solution with a new mark-up language ? SEML ? for data conversion. The solution can be used as a generic tool for extracting, transforming, and loading ETL purposes. In other words, the SEML interpreter is a solution for relational databases similar to what X-Query is for XML databases.
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