@inproceedings{alagic2010object-oriented, author = {Alagic, Suad and Bernstein, Phil and Jairath, Ruchi}, title = {Object-Oriented Constraints for XML Schema}, booktitle = {ICOODB}, year = {2010}, month = {September}, abstract = {This paper presents an object-oriented representation of the core structural and constraint-related features of XML Schema. The structural features are represented within the limitations of object-oriented type systems including particles (elements and groups) and type hierarchies (simple and complex types and type derivations). The applicability of the developed representation is demonstrated through a collection of complex object-oriented queries. The main novelty is that features of XML Schema that are not expressible in object-oriented type systems such as range constraints, keys and referential integrity, and type derivation by restriction are specified in an object-oriented assertion language Spec#. An assertion language overcomes major problems in the object-oriented/XML mismatch. It allows specification of schema integrity constraints and transactions that are required to preserve those constraints. Most importantly, Spec# technology comes with automatic static verification of code with respect to the specified constraints. This technology is applied in the paper to transaction verification.}, publisher = {Springer Berlin Heidelberg}, url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/object-oriented-constraints-xml-schema/}, pages = {100-117}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, volume = {6348}, edition = {ICOODB}, }