Section I. XML Repositories and Modelling -- 1. Closing the Gap Between XML and Relational Database Technologies: State-of-the-Practice, State-of-the-Art and Future Directions -- 2. Challenges on Modeling Hybrid XML-Relational Databases -- 3. XML and LDAP Integration: Issues and Trends -- 4. XML Schema Evolution and Versioning: Current Approaches and Future Trends --

Section II. Querying and Processing XML -- 5. XML Stream Query Processing: Current Technologies and Open Challenges -- 6. XSLT: Common Issues with XQuery and Special Issues of XSLT -- 7. Recent Advances and Challenges in XML Document Routing -- 8. Native XML Programming: Make Your Tags Active -- 9. Continuous and Progressive XML Query Processing and its Applications --

Section III. XML Personalization and Security -- 10. Issues in Personalized Access to Multi-Version XML Documents -- 11. Security Issues in Outsourced XML Databases --

Section IV. XML for Advanced Applications -- 12. Data Integration Issues and Opportunities in Biological XML Data Management -- 13. Modeling XML Warehouses for Complex Data: The New Issues --

Section V. XML Benchmarking -- 14. XML Benchmarking: The State of the Art and Possible Enhancements -- Compilation of References -- About the Contributors -- Index.