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* Package name : libxindice-java Version : 1.0 Upstream Author : Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://xml.apache.org/xindice * License : Apache License, Version 2.0 Description : native XML database in Java >From the Apache site: > Apache Xindice is a database designed from the ground up to store XML > data or what is more commonly referred to as a native XML database. The > name is pronounced zeen-dee-chay in your best faux Italian accent. Don't > worry if you get it wrong though, we won't mind. We just care that you > spell it correctly. > > You might be wondering what a native XML database is good for? Well it > pretty much has one purpose, storing XML data. If you don't have any XML > data, don't want any XML data or think XML is the most over-hyped > technology of the new millennium, then Xindice is not for you. We're not > out to change the way data in general is stored, only to provide a good > solution for storing XML data. If you survey your projects and see XML > popping out of every corner, then Xindice might be a real help for > storing that XML. > > The benefit of a native solution is that you don't have to worry about > mapping your XML to some other data structure. You just insert the data > as XML and retrieve it as XML. You also gain a lot of flexibility > through the semi-structured nature of XML and the schema independent > model used by Xindice. This is especially valuable when you have very > complex XML structures that would be difficult or impossible to map to a > more structured database. > > At the present time Xindice uses XPath for its query language and XML:DB > XUpdate for its update language. We provide an implementation of the > XML:DB API for Java development and it is possible to access Xindice > from other languages using built in XML-RPC API. As standards in the XML > database area mature Xindice will include support for those that are > most important. > > Xindice is the continuation of the project that used to be called the > dbXML Core. The dbXML source code was donated to the Apache Software > Foundation in December of 2001. My main interest is in the XML:DB part, which is a prerequisite for the RFP #296117 libjaxme-java -- open source implementation of JAXB, the specification for Java/XML binding. I would suggest to have a separate binary package for this one. Thanks, Eric -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-5.99.sarge1 Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
