XML Data Binding: Integrating XML and Object-Oriented Technologies
http://www.idealliance.org/proceedings/xml05/abstracts/paper77.HTML

Chaudhuri, Neil
IDEAlliance
2005

Abstract:

Data are the essence of business processes and technical applications, and managing data effectively is critical for success in any industry. To that end, XML has emerged as the dominant syntax for data management. The fundamental organizing principle of XML is hierarchy. Parent-child relationships among data are maintained to infinite depth through markup. Hierarchies also serve as a critical component of XML’s validation capability. An XML Schema document defines the rules for structuring data within an XML instance by describing a finite set of hierarchy sequences and an explicit set of sequences of elements within them. Hierarchy, therefore, is the underlying principle of data management in XML.