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* Semantic web data is available as [[Resource Description Framework|RDF]]/XML
* Provides a solution for [[Object-relational impedance mismatch]]<ref>[NoSQL Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Emerging World of Polyglot Persistence. Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc, 2009] {{ISBN|978-0321826626}}</ref>
* Compatibility with XML use on the [[transport layer|data transport]] layer
 
Steve O'Connell gives one reason for the use of XML in databases: the increasingly common use of XML for [[transport layer|data transport]], which has meant that "data is extracted from databases and put into XML documents and vice-versa".<ref name=oconnell2005>{{cite report|author=O'Connell, Steve|work=Advanced Databases Course Notes|title=Section 9.2|type=Syllabus|date=2005|publisher=[[University of Southampton]]|___location=Southampton, England}}</ref>{{update inline|date=March 2015}} It may prove more efficient in terms of conversion costs,{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} and easier to store the data in XML format. In content-based applications, the ability of the native XML database also minimizes the need for extraction or entry of metadata to support searching and navigation.
 
== XML-enabled databases ==