Some people pointed out that bighunks of my HUGE ZIP file contained junk that could be regenerated. Thanks! It's now much smaller. Sorry for the screw up. -- Aaron Watters
I wrote: > xsdb does XML, SQL is dead as disco :) > >The xsdbXML framework provides a >flexible and well defined infrastructure to >allow tabular data to be published, retrieved, >and combined over the Internet. > >It's a little bit like the daughter of the >Gadfly SQL engine in the buff, >on steroids. This is a major departure from >the previous releases of xsdb. > >Please read about it and download it from > http://xsdb.sourceforge.net > >Note that the download is over 90% >documentation and example data files -- >the software itself is small. > >The xsdb framework makes all of >the following assertions true. > >Database queries over web distributed data: > Databases may be broken up into multiple > files or servers on multiple machines > and queried as a single resource. >Simple Publication: > Publishing a queriable collection of data > (a context) can be as simple as > placing an XML document on a web server. >Sophisticated Publication: > Large and complex databases may > also be published using server software > which provides indexing and other optimizations. >Heterogeneity: > Published data collections may be built > using parts of remotely defined data collections. >External Data: > A data context may make reference > to another arbitrary web object. >Open formats and definitions: > Databases may be constructed and > queried using standard formats and standard > web protocols using any programming language > in any computational environment. >Simple formats > The content of a database or query may be > expressed in a manner which is easy > to parse and interpret (both for human readers > and for computer programs). Data, > queries and query responses are represented > using the same language of expressions. >Clear definition > The meaning of database entries and queries > are defined using simple mathematical > definitions. > > ==== > There ain't no sanity clause -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
