BarZ I am also a newbie in XML technology. So, I think I couldn't give you any good comments. Hope the following articles could help, if you didnt read it before.
http://www.sys-con.com/xml/articleprint.cfm?id=421 -Victor >From : Barzilai Spinak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 10/10/2002 03:35:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Victor HT CHEUNG/HD/HKSARG) Subject: [jdjlist] XML databases This isn't totally java-related but it may be in a way and this one's the only discussion list I currently read :-) My friend and I are starting a personal project where we're going to store clinical/medical info and, following the current trend, XML is playing an important role and Java will be the main development language. The question is about data storage. We are shuffling several options, among which are XML databases. That is, databases that natively take in, store, and spit out XML documents and you can do queries on tag names, tag contents, etc. (Another option would be classical relational DBMS with rigid tables from which we could extract some XML anyway, but we want something more flexible give the fact that our document definition may be very different, changing and growing overtime with new types of data added by the doctors, etc) Ok, what have you people experienced in this area of XML databases? Searching the web I've found either the hyper-multi-thousand-dollar solutions, or a lot of little open source projects at various stages of alphaness and betaness. The other day I found Xindice by the Apache group, which is written in Java and has a Java API of course and uses XPath to do queries.. it looks promising, anyone has used it? What about speed? Are indexed XML databases as fast as more traditional DBs? What's the state of technology in this area? It looks really hot and all that. I must add I'm new to XML and still trying to make some sense out of all those Xthis and Xthat specifications that are appearing everyday. I'm having nightmares with X-lettered acronyms!!! XML XSLT XMLSchema SAX JAXP XPath XUpdate JAXB JAXM Free XXX click here AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I thank any comments :-) BarZ ____________________________________________________ To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm Be respectful! Clean up your posts before replying ____________________________________________________ ----------------------------- Disclaimer: This email (including every file transmitted with it) may contain confidential and privileged information and is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Any unauthorised dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender and delete this email immediately if you have received this by mistake. We do not accept liability arising from email transmitted by mistake. ____________________________________________________ To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm Be respectful! Clean up your posts before replying ____________________________________________________
