How do I support very large resources?

XML Interview Questions and Answers

(Continued from previous question...)

130. How do I support very large resources?

You can only do this with server-side XPointer. Further, you need to use (or implement) XPointer schemes that do not depend on a parsed XML document model. Basically, you need to use an XPointer scheme that interfaces with an indexed persistence store (RDBMS, ODBMS, or XML DBMS) which exposes to your ISchemeProcessor the information that it needs to answer subresource addressing requests.
You will also have to provide shorthand pointer support for your DBMS-based resource. The default shorthand pointer processor assumes that it has access to a parsed XML document, so it can't be used when you have a very large XML resource.

(Continued on next question...)

Other Interview Questions

• How do I use XML namespaces with SAX 1.0?
• Does the XML namespaces recommendation define anything except a two-part naming system for element types and attributes?
• Can I resolve the URI used as an XML namespace name?
• How are universal names represented?
• Can I encode mathematics using XML?Updated
• Can I use a relative URI as a namespace name?
• Aren't XML, SGML, and HTML all the same thing?
• When should I use a CDATA Marked Section?
• What is DOM and how does it relate to XML?
• Are the names of all element types and attributes in some XML namespace?
• More...