Efficient representation and streaming of XML content over the Internet medium

Abstract

As large XML documents with text and multimedia are exchanged and streamed over the Internet medium, techniques for the compact and efficient representation and exchange for this data become essential. We have designed a system called Millau for the efficient encoding and streaming of XML structures. In this paper, we describe the Millau algorithms for the compression and streaming of XML structures and data. In order to be able to transmit the most important information first, Millau builds a solution for fragmenting an XML document, associating a priority to each fragment, streaming each fragment independently, and rebuilding the whole document or parts of the document according to the user's preferences or the browser's capabilities. This solution can be applied to the streaming of structured XML documents with text or multimedia data.