EDBT summer school 2004 is the seventh edition of a well established and successful series of international schools promoted by EDBT Endowment. It is organized every two years and has the tradition of being held in pleasant European sites, Alghero (Italy) in 1991, Leysin (Switzerland) in 1993, Gubbio (Italy) in 1995, Capri (Italy) in 1997, La Baule (France) in 1999, and Cargèse (France) in 2002. The 2004 edition will take place in Santa Margherita di Pula, Sardinia, September 6-10.

The school is directed to members of the database research community (in the wide sense): primarily graduate students, PhD students, and young researchers, but also professionals involved in R&D or in the use of advanced database technologies. The traditional goal of the EDBT Summer School is to give an overview of the evolution of database management systems. The seventh EDBT School will focus on methods, tools, and theories for XML databases.