7.10. XML Catalog Views

The catalog views described in Table 7-8 return information about the xml entities in a database.

Table 7-8. Catalog views for XML entities

Catalog view	Description
sys.xml_attributes	A row per xml component that is an attribute (symbol_space = A). This view inherits from sys.xml_components.
sys.xml_component_placements	A row per placement for xml components.
sys.xml_components	A row per component of an XML schema.
sys.xml_elements	A row per xml component that is an element (symbol_space = E). This view inherits from sys.xml_components.
sys.xml_facets	A row per facet of an xml-type definition. This view inherits from sys.xml_components.
sys.xml_indexes	A row per xml index. This view inherits from sys.indexes.
sys.xml_model_groups	A row per xml component that is a Model-Group (symbol_space = M). This view inherits from sys.xml_components.
sys.xml_schema_collections	A row per XML schema collection.
sys.xml_schema_components	A row per XML schema component.
sys.xml_schema_namespaces	A row per XSD-defined XML namespace.
sys.xml_types	A row per xml component that is a Type (symbol_space = T). This view inherits from sys.xml_components.
sys.xml_wildcard_namespaces	A row per enumerated namespace for an xml wildcard.
sys.xml_wildcards	A row per xml component that is an Attribute-Wildcard (kind V) or Element-Wildcard (kind W) both with symbol_space = N. This view inherits from sys.xml_components.