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Preservation of Data Warehouses: Extending the SIARD System with DWXML Language and Tools

Preservation of Data Warehouses: Extending the SIARD System with DWXML Language and Tools

Carlos Aldeias, Gabriel David, Cristina Ribeiro
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781466626690|ISBN10: 1466626690|EISBN13: 9781466627000
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2669-0.ch008
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Aldeias, Carlos, et al. "Preservation of Data Warehouses: Extending the SIARD System with DWXML Language and Tools." Innovations in XML Applications and Metadata Management: Advancing Technologies, edited by José Carlos Ramalho, et al., IGI Global, 2013, pp. 136-159. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2669-0.ch008

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Aldeias, C., David, G., & Ribeiro, C. (2013). Preservation of Data Warehouses: Extending the SIARD System with DWXML Language and Tools. In J. Ramalho, A. Simões, & R. Queirós (Eds.), Innovations in XML Applications and Metadata Management: Advancing Technologies (pp. 136-159). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2669-0.ch008

Chicago

Aldeias, Carlos, Gabriel David, and Cristina Ribeiro. "Preservation of Data Warehouses: Extending the SIARD System with DWXML Language and Tools." In Innovations in XML Applications and Metadata Management: Advancing Technologies, edited by José Carlos Ramalho, Alberto Simões, and Ricardo Queirós, 136-159. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2669-0.ch008

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Abstract

Data warehouses are used in many application domains, and there is no established method for their preservation. A data warehouse can be implemented in multidimensional structures or in relational databases that represent the dimensional model concepts in the relational model. The focus of this work is on describing the dimensional model of a data warehouse and migrating it to an XML model, in order to achieve a long-term preservation format. This chapter presents the definition of the XML structure that extends the SIARD format used for the description and archive of relational databases, enriching it with a layer of metadata for the data warehouse components. Data Warehouse Extensible Markup Language (DWXML) is the XML language proposed to describe the data warehouse. An application that combines the SIARD format and the DWXML metadata layer supports the XML language and helps to acquire the relevant metadata for the warehouse and to build the archival format.

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