A Survey and Prospects of XML Compression Techniques

XML has been acknowledged as the de facto standard for exchanging and presenting data on the web.Being self-describing characteristic grants XML its immense flexibility, At the same time,there is a large number of redundant information in XML data which has affected transmission, storage,query and process other aspects. Data compression is one of the effective way to resolve data redundant.A complete survey over the state-of-the-art of XML compression thchniques have been provided in this paper,assessed and compared performance characteristics of variety compression techniques,we provide some guidelines and recommendations which are useful for helping developers and users for making an effective decision towards selecting the most suitable XML compression tehnique for their needs.