As XML content expands, good management tools are key. Native XML databases, SQL database add-ons and third-party integration tools all present advantages -- and trade-offs.

XML has been around for approximately six years, but native XML databases are a relatively new phenomenon. Listed below are a number of new and maturing native XML database solutions.

Most native XML databases are oriented toward storing XML documents, where a key issue is the granularity with which the document is stored. In database terms, granularity can be described in several ...

Oracle takes on a new identity in this release—as a native XML database—providing significantly more capabilities for organizations storing or manipulating XML-based data. Incremental ...

Available since mid-2002, the technology supports XML as a native type in the database and can map between W3C XML Schema and the SQL:1999 object model.

A native XML database--implemented on the middle tier, usually along side an application server--would allow you to process XML translations for billing, payment, ordering, and product shipment on ...

XML DB will add support for XML Schema definition, a World Wide Web Consortium standard for defining XML data types. Oracle, of Redwood Shores, Calif., will use SQLx as the underlying querying ...

IBM’s native XML storage feature “doesn’t add any value,” said Mark Drake, an XML technology manager at Oracle. Viper will also support XQuery for processing XML data, along with standard SQL.

IBM and Oracle promise deep XML support in upcoming versions of their databases. With Web services on the rise, Eric Knorr says these solutions could help you get a handle all that XML data.