The fingerprint XML file

You can move the zone position information of a fingerprint out of the document hierarchy and into a separate fingerprint XML (FPXML) file.

Document hierarchy XML:

<F type="Pickup_Date">
		<V n="ID">0</V>
		<V n="TYPE">Field</V>
		<V n="STATUS">0</V>
		etc.
		<V n="Pos556">183,402,535,463</V>
		<V n="Pos558">568,331,967,389</V>
		<V n="Pos560">1199,389,1600,448</V>
     </F>
<F type="Pickup_Location">
		<V n="ID">0</V>
		<V n="TYPE">Field</V>
		<V n="STATUS">0</V>
		etc.
		<V n="Pos556">180,528,532,589</V>
		<V n="Pos558">573,448,967,502</V>

Fingerprint XML file:

<S>
   <P type="Rental_Agreement>
     <V n="HostID">226</V>
     <V n=HostName">Car_Rental</V>
     <F type="Pickup_Date">
     <V n="Postion">183,402,535,463</V>
     </F>
     <F type="Pickup_Location">
       </V>
       <V n="Postion">180,528,532,589</V>
     </F>
     etc.

Although the total number of files is increased because each fingerprint now has a TIFF file, a CCO file, and an XML file, this approach has several benefits:

• The document hierarchy XML file remains small.
• Overall performance can increase.
• It eliminates possible contention if multiple users attempt to add fingerprints simultaneously.