WHU-XML: An XML based digital library system

As a semi-structured data standard rich in both content and structure, XML is becoming the dominant information organization format in digital library. Compared with traditional information retrieval systems, XML retrieval system has great advantages in organizing and retrieving information due to its element-level rather than document-level access to relevant information. This paper gives a detailed introduction of an XML-based digital library system named WHU-XML, including the indexing of XML documents and image data, the retrieval of information and the presentation of search results.