On 08/25/2010 08:55 AM, Jonathan Duncan wrote: > > On 25 Aug 2010, at 08:48, Daniel C. wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Wade Preston Shearer >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Wikipedia and Google have come up light on information about XML >>> databases. What are the reasons that one would choose this >>> approach? >> >> Stupidity? ;-) >> >> (Keep in mind my views on XML are about five years out of date.) >> > > Wade, why are you considering XML? Or are you just curious? I have > heard that Google and Amazon use a non-relational type database.
This is true. They're commonly called NoSQL databases and they address
the difficulty of distributing data. Facebook released Cassandra which
is the only one I can remember off hand, but there are many other good
open source databases. Digg blogged quite a bit about their
implementation. There was a recent FLOSS Weekly episode about Riak,
which is another one:
http://twit.tv/floss129
Back to the OP's question, the logic of an XML database escapes me.
Seems like somebody wanted to score high in buzzword bingo.
Corey
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