XML-based category-adaptive WWW data organization

Abstract

The eXtensible Markup Language (XML) provides a good tool to represent the Web content due to its semistructured characteristics. A new XML-based Web architecture is proposed in this work, upon which various applications are built. The proposed XML-based Web architecture contains four major components: layout, content, digital right management (DRM), and security. Each component is described by one or more specific XML languages. Then, different XML languages are harmonized under one framework for efficiency and ease of manipulation. The XML-based schema of webpages can be organized easily to meet both internal and external requirements. That is, the Web data should be managed more easily by content owners while customization should be made for different users with different interests and access means.