1. A method for configuring a multi-path index, the method comprising: receiving, by an indexing engine in a database management system configured to store a structured document in its native format, a multi-path index definition associated with a data model corresponding to the structured document; and storing, by the indexing engine, the multi-path index definition in a data structure associated with a multi-path index configured to store indexed data from a structured document conforming to the data model, the multi-path index definition including a first sub-path definition that covers a first plurality of descendant elements of a root element of the data model and a second sub-path definition that covers a second plurality of descendant elements of the root element of the data model, the multi-path index definition further including at least two index properties, wherein each of a plurality of descendant elements covered by the sub-path definitions is automatically indexed according to the at least two index properties that specify types of searches to be performed for the content of each of the descendant elements covered by the sub-path definitions, and wherein the at least two index properties are selected from a set of index properties including at least a full-text search, a value comparison, an element type definition, an enumerate repeating elements, and a start end marker.