Synapse would also be interested in using the XQuery implementation! Thanks Paul
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Vinayak Borkar <vbo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello, > > We wish to present a proposal to create a new project in the incubator > called VXQuery. Please find below, the plain-text version of the proposal. > Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. > > > Thanks, > Vinayak > > VXQueryProposal > Abstract > > Apache VXQuery is a language processor that implements the XML Query > Language v1.0 standardized by the W3C. > Proposal > > VXQuery (Versatile XQuery) will be a standards compliant XML Query processor > implemented in Java. We believe that there exists a strong (and growing) > need to process semi-structured data in many applications. The W3C > standardized v1.0 of the XML Query Language in early 2007. Since then, a few > processors have surfaced (both commercial and open source). VXQuery will > implement this standard. > > VXQuery plans to be the glue that brings together imperative programming in > Java and declarative programming in XQuery. The project would enable > developers to use XQuery to navigate and transform application objects > declaratively in Java applications with minimal overhead. > > In the VXQuery project we plan to build an implementation that allows users > to run declarative XQueries on arbitrary object models. Existing XQuery > engines execute queries by translating the user data into some form of XML > Object model. With VXQuery, we take the opposing view - Translate the query > to work natively on the user's object model. > > In addition, VXQuery works on top of different XML representations including > DOM, Stax, and a space optimized model motivated by Xalan's DTM (Document > Table Model). > > VXQuery will also provide a library that allows application developers to > express declarative queries without the need to learn a new syntax. We > believe that this will speed up the adoption process. > Current Status > > This is a new project. > Meritocracy > > The initial developers are very familiar with meritocratic open source > development at Apache. Apache was chosen specifically because the initial > developers want to encourage this style of development for the project. > Community > > VXQuery seeks to develop developer and user communities during incubation. > Core Developers > > The core members of the project are diverse. Vinayak Borkar is an > independent consultant. Till Westmann works for a company that would be a > potential consumer of VXQuery. During incubation the developers base will be > broadened. > Alignment > > XQuery is gaining more traction as a XML management technology and there > already are several Apache projects ([WWW] XMLBeans, [WWW] Camel, [WWW] > Tuscany) that use or need a XQuery implementation. As no such implementation > is available as an Apache project these projects have to rely on external > engines. VXQuery can fill this gap and complement the XML support of the > Apache Software Foundation. > Known Risks > Orphaned products > > VXQuery is new development. > Inexperience with Open Source > > The initial developers include long-time open source developers. Vinayak > Borkar is an active contributor to the Zorba project at the FLWOR > foundation. > Relationships with Other Apache Products > > XMLBeans is a representation of XML that would be natively supported in > VXQuery. Therefore VXQuery can be used as an efficient and Apache-licensed > implementation for the [WWW] selectPath and execQuery methods found in > XMLBeans. > > Similarly, [WWW] Tuscany's SDO implementation can be natively supported and > VXQuery can be used to provide an [WWW] XQuery implementation for Tuscany. > > VXQuery can also be used as an XQuery implementation for [WWW] Camel. > > Further, VXQuery uses the Xerces XML parser and schema validator. > A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand > > We believe in the processes, systems, and framework Apache has put in place. > Apache is also known to foster a great community around their projects and > provide exposure. While these points are important, they are not the main > motivation for choosing Apache to host VXQuery. > Documentation > > Not publicly available > Initial Source > > Not publicly available > External Dependencies > > [WWW] JavaCC (BSD license), [WWW] Davos SDO implementation (Apache 2.0 > license), [WWW] Woodstox XML parser (Apache 2.0 license), [WWW] XStream > project (BSD license) > Required Resources > Developer and user mailing lists > > [MAILTO] vxquery-...@incubator.apache.org [MAILTO] > vxquery-us...@incubator.apache.org [MAILTO] > vxquery-comm...@incubator.apache.org > A subversion repository > > [WWW] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/vxquery > A JIRA issue tracker > > VXQuery (VXQUERY) > Initial Committers > > * > > Vinayak Borkar <vborky at yahoo dot com> > * > > Till Westmann <till at westmann dot org> > * > > Cezar Andrei <cezar at apache dot org> [Have CLA] > * > > Michael Carey <mjcarey at ics dot uci dot edu> > > Sponsors > > * > > XMLBeans PMC > > Champion > > * > > Cezar Andrei > > Nominated Mentors > > * > > Looking for mentors > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Paul Fremantle Co-Founder and CTO, WSO2 Apache Synapse PMC Chair OASIS WS-RX TC Co-chair blog: http://pzf.fremantle.org p...@wso2.com "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform", www.wso2.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
