On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 17:06 +0000, Schwartz, Christine wrote: > I'm preparing an ALA preconference session for librarians titled > "Using XQuery as a Library Metadata Tool." I'd like to provide the > attendees with a list of XQuery resources so they can set up their > own XQuery programming environment at their home institutions. Open > source software is usually preferred by librarians, especially for > grant projects. > > I feel a little handicapped in this area as I've been using > MarkLogic for over seven years and have not had to work with open > source XQuery tools.
I on the other hand have not used MarkLogic. BaseX and eXist seem to be the most widely used. There is also Zorba, although I found it difficult to set up, and Sedna, which seems not to be actively maintained. Usually I send people to BaseX in the first instance, as the easiest to get started (it's written in Java and has a GUI, and can be used also from PHP, Perl, etc.; most people I've spoken with seem to have their first query running within a few minutes of downloading the software). For a mixed relation + XML model, Virtuoso supports XQuery, although I have not tried it. What I believe is most important is to keep any software-specific extensions isolated from the main queries, so you can easily switch. I should really update www.w3.org/XML/Query/ to reflect XQuery 3.0 reality. Liam > Any recommendations on what should be on this list? > > Thanks, > > Chris > > Christine Schwartz > Metadata Librarian and XML Database Administrator > Princeton Theological Seminary Library > 25 Library Place > Princeton, NJ 08540 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] > http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
