Apologize for cross postings. Kindest regards, Lars.
Begin forwarded message: Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 16:46:18 -0400 From: "Sanjay Bhatia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Simple XML Manipulation Language (SiXDML) for Apache Xindice Announcement I am happy to announce the first version of the Simple XML Manipulation Language (SiXDML) for the Apache Xindice native XML database. SiXDML was designed to create a common syntax and semantics for performing tasks most often required of XML repositories. SiXDML consists of two parts; a data definition and manipulation language inspired by SQL and an application programming interface based on the XML:DB Database API. The SiXDML language is similar to SQL and DL/I in that it is a combination data definition and data manipulation language for XML databases. The SiXDML language is designed to be easily understood by programmers and non-programmers alike, internet-aware, and combine a minimum of complexity with a maximum of functionality while being straight-forward to implement. SiXDML aims to plug the hole that currently exists for a data manipulation language that allows one to query and update XML documents while also providing a means to perform database management activities. More details about SiXDML including the source code for the Xindice implementation as well as the presentation from the First VLDB Workshop on Efficiency and Effectiveness of XML Tools, and Techniques (EEXTT2002) can be found on Source Forge at http://sixdml.sourceforge.net and http://sourceforge.net/projects/sixdml You can try out the SiXDML demo at http://www.25hoursaday.com/sixdml/demo.html Also visit the XML:DB Initiative page at http://www.xmldb.org/sixdml/ and consider joining the SiXDML development list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the SiXDML mailing list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word subscribe in the body It should be noted that the Xindice version of SiXDML is primarily intended to serve as a reference implementation from which other implementations can take their cue. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Lars Martin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] SMB GmbH http://www.smb-tec.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact administrator: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Read archived messages: http://archive.xmldb.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
