An apparatus, system, and method are provided for defining a metadata schema to facilitate passing data between an XML document and a hierarchical database. The invention includes a database accessor, a document accessor, and an association module. The database accessor accesses a database schema indicative...http://www.google.de/patents/US7822786?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7822786 - Apparatus, system, and method for defining a metadata schema to facilitate passing data between an extensible markup language document and a hierarchical database