1. self-introduction Dr. Harald Schöning Architect

2. Ranked XML Query Software AG had the first native XML database (Tamino) on the market ¬started in 1997, released in 1999 topics ¬Relationships to relational databases ¬no shredding and „BLOBing“ ¬what kind of data are represented as XML ¬from early adopters to mainstream sample application areas ¬police information systems ¬airport logistics (Schiphol, Hongkong Airport) ¬documentation management (US navy) ¬„exotic“ financial derivates ¬fleet management ¬newsroom system (RTL) Ranked XML Query  SOA

3. Ranked XML Query XQuery – the endless story text retrieval in Tamino: since 1999  in XQuery still in the proposal state  how do you perceive XML?  HTML or relations  also in combination with “non-XML”  combine text-related queries with those on structured data  and make it perform  side paths: RDF, OWL, inferencing

4. Ranked XML Query Ranked???? Ranking has always been a requirement by text-focused customers Also (surprise?) in SOA (registry/repository) but still boolean retrieval ranking functions ???  index support indispensible