Et tu, XML? The downfall of the relational empire

Summary: A provocative examination of XML’s challenge to relational dominance and its role in a web-scale data ecosystem. Surveys XQuery’s design alongside XML Schema and Semantic Web technologies, framing hierarchical data as a renewed foundation for querying and integration. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)

Paper ID: 8915
Venue: VLDB
Year: 2001
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Overall Rank: 14,091 | 3.66%
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1. Philip Wadler (Avaya Labs)

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@article{wadler_vldb01,
        title = {{Et tu, XML? The downfall of the relational empire}},
        author = {Wadler, Philip},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '01},
        year = {2001}
}

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