BaseX stores all XML nodes in a flat table. The node table of a database can be displayed via the [[Commands#INFO STORAGE|INFO STORAGE]] command:
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$ basex -c"create db db <xml>HiThere</xml>" -c"info storage"
1 1 2 1 1 0 ELEM xml
2 1 1 1 2 0 TEXT HiThere
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