DB2 Universal Database supports XML, the extended markup language. DB2 Universal Database offers the following XML features:

• The DB2 XML Extender, which lets you compose or create an XML document from existing data in the database, and store or decompose an XML document in DB2 as a single column or collection of rows in multiple tables. XML elements and attributes can be mapped into SQL data types to leverage DB2's indexing and SQL capabilities across multiple documents.

• The DB2 Text Extender section search, with which you can search an XML document or fragment using XML tags to limit the search to specific sections of the document.