5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the non-XML object includes multiple associations, and wherein the query identifies fewer than all of the multiple associations and identifies at least one attribute under the multiple associations, further comprising: identifying at least one attribute under the multiple associations in at least one of the non-XML object and the other non-XML object referred to by any of the multiple associations; extracting the identified at least one attribute; and including the extracted attribute in the XML document.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the query identifies at least one association in the non-XML object and requests information retrieval regarding the identified at least one association.