Hi Christian and team - Congratulations and many, many thanks!
Best, Bridger On Thu, Jun 26, 2025, 8:54 AM Christian Grün <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Version 12 marks a major leap forward for BaseX – our open-source XML > framework, database engine, and XQuery 4.0 processor. This release > introduces powerful new features, essential upgrades, and expanded > standards support that will elevate how you build, query, and manage > XML-driven applications. > > This is what you get: > > 🔧 Core Upgrades > - Java 17: better performance, long-term support > - Jetty 12: better compatibility, future-proofing > > ✨ XQuery features, 4.0 > - Order-Preserving Maps: more intuitive & predictable data structures > - Map performance: significantly leaner & faster, close to native Java > - Arrays & sequences: Wrapping as arrays in constant time & vice versa > - Pipeline Operator: clean, expressive queries with the -> operator > - Typed constructs: structured data with item and record constructors > - Stack Traces, finally block: better debugging, robust error-handling > - While Clauses: better control flow in functional logic > - Standardized CSV, JSON, and HTML Parsing, support for Validator.nu > - Scripting: launch XQuery expressions as independent jobs > - Profiler Optimizations: aggregation of profiled results > > 🔐 Security & Admin Enhancements > - Automatic Admin Password Generation (first startup) > - Log Filtering, Masking & Truncation: better control over logging > > Get the new version and check out our documentation for more details: > > https://basex.org > https://docs.basex.org/main/Changelog > > Have fun, > Your BaseX Team > >

