XML Management System

XML management system (shortened as XMLMS) is a system that allows queries and manipulation of XML data (similar to RDBMS querying and manipulating generic data). Current XMLMS can be divided into two categories: XML-Enabled databases and Native XML databases. XML-Enabled databases, typically relational databases, provide extensions for transferring data between XML documents and themselves. Such systems are generally designed to store and retrieve data-centric XML documents. On the other hand, Native XML databases either store the entire XML document in text form with limited retrieval capabilities or store a binary model (e.g. Document Object Model) of the document in an existing or custom data store.