Examples

Example 1, Example 2, Example 3   Example 1 The following example shows a succession of operations on the file system that demonstrate the main functionality of XMLFS. All the operations are performed from the standard Windows Explorer; no changes are needed in order to use the standard applications. In the current setup, several files are stored in the file system, all of which adhere to the same DTD. In the first stage, the XMLFS browses the root of the file system causing a folder that represents the root of the DTD to appear. Since the element only has child elements and no values, exploring its contents results in an expansion of the DTD, which shows its child elements and attributes. The result is shown in the second pane. The second level of elements contains some elements that have values associated with them. When choosing such an element, a third pane is presented. It lists all of the possible values for actual words from the documents that appear in the chosen context. Finally, when selecting a value, a query is performed against the file system. The value consists of retrieving all the documents in which the chosen value is present within the chosen context. In this example, the query would be "retrieve all the files in which the word: Nyse appears in the context: profile/ticker". The query results are links to the actual files that any standard application can work with normally. Click to see full size image