BonXai: Combining the simplicity of DTD with the expressiveness of XML Schema
Summary: BonXai: pattern-based XML schema combining DTD simplicity with most XSD expressivity by replacing explicit types with context patterns. Formal model plus translations to/from XSD, intended as a practical DTD-like front-end for designers who avoid explicit typing. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Wim Martens (University of Bayreuth)
- 2. Frank Neven (Hasselt University; Transnational University of Limburg)
- 3. Matthias Niewerth (University of Bayreuth)
- 4. Thomas Schwentick (Technical University of Dortmund)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{martens_pods15,
address = {New York, NY, USA},
series = {{PODS} '15},
title = {{BonXai: Combining the simplicity of DTD with the expressiveness of XML Schema}},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2745754.2745774},
doi = {10.1145/2745754.2745774},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} Symposium on {Principles} of {Database} {Systems}},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
author = {Martens, Wim and Neven, Frank and Niewerth, Matthias and Schwentick, Thomas},
year = {2015}
}
Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 3 of 3 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,861 | PG-Keys: Keys for Property Graphs | 2021 | SIGMOD | 8.0212883e-05 |
| 9,012 | Towards Theory for Real-World Data | 2022 | PODS | 5.3323444e-05 |
| 11,060 | When Entity/Relationship Models Meet Graph Databases | 2025 | VLDB | 5.093636e-05 |
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,343 | Developing and Analyzing XSDs through BonXai | 2012 | VLDB | 5.093636e-05 |
| 12,625 | The Complexity of Reasoning about Pattern-based XML Schemas | 2007 | PODS | 5.093636e-05 |
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