Agenda

Relational Query Results in XML
ISO Standard SQL/XML and its functions: Simple queries, XML document features, complex queries, SQL/XML query processing - queries with DBMS_XMLGEN: Package structure, query processing, complex queries - Oracle-specific SQL functions: generation of simple elements, use of object and table types, creation of aggregates, XML document specification
XML Processing using PL/SQL and DOM
Overview of DOM and the PL/SQL package DBMS_XMLDOM - produce, process and manipulate XML documents - use of XPath
XML Processing using PL/SQL and XSLT
Processing XML with XSLT, use parameters - overview of XSLT and the PL/SQL package DBMS_XSLPROCESSOR
Storing XML in Oracle
Usage scenarios: Realization of Import and Export - Storage models: use of the file system, relational storage, object-relational storage, use of XMLType, De-/Serialization of objects
XML Schema - based XML
DBMS_XMLSCHEMA: register XML schema, generate storage structures and XML Schema, XML Schema evolution, catalog views - Schema-based storage: XML Schema and XML storage, advanced storage options
XML datatype XMLType
Using the PL/SQL package DBMS_XMLSTORE - XML Schema, XSLT, PL/SQL Transformation of XMLType, validation of XMLType - XMLType views: Generation of views with and without XML Schema
Trainer

Marco Skulschus (born in Germany in 1978) studied economics in Wuppertal (Germany) and Paris (France) and wrote his master´s thesis about semantic data modeling. He started working as a lecturer and consultant in 2002.
Publications
- Oracle PL/SQL ISBN 978-3-939701-40-8
- Oracle, PL/SQL und XML ISBN 978-3-939701-49-1
- XSLT, XPath und XQuery ISBN 978-3-939701-50-7
- XML Schema ISBN 978-3-939701-54-5
Projects
He works as an IT-consultant and project manager. He developed various Business Intelligence systems for industry clients and the public sector. For several years now, he is responsible for a BI-team in India which is mainly involved in BI and OLAP projects, reporting systems as well as statistical analysis and Data Mining. He led several research projects and was leading scientist and project manager of a publicly funded project about interactive questionnaires and online surveys.
Research
He led several research projects and was leading scientist and project manager of a publicly funded project about interactive questionnaires and online surveys.
