Bug#337220: RFP: libxindice-java -- native XML database in Java
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : libxindice-java
Version : 1.0
Upstream Author : Name <somebody@example.org>
* URL : http://xml.apache.org/xindice
* License : Apache License, Version 2.0
Description : native XML database in Java
>From the Apache site:
> Apache Xindice is a database designed from the ground up to store XML
> data or what is more commonly referred to as a native XML database. The
> name is pronounced zeen-dee-chay in your best faux Italian accent. Don't
> worry if you get it wrong though, we won't mind. We just care that you
> spell it correctly.
>
> You might be wondering what a native XML database is good for? Well it
> pretty much has one purpose, storing XML data. If you don't have any XML
> data, don't want any XML data or think XML is the most over-hyped
> technology of the new millennium, then Xindice is not for you. We're not
> out to change the way data in general is stored, only to provide a good
> solution for storing XML data. If you survey your projects and see XML
> popping out of every corner, then Xindice might be a real help for
> storing that XML.
>
> The benefit of a native solution is that you don't have to worry about
> mapping your XML to some other data structure. You just insert the data
> as XML and retrieve it as XML. You also gain a lot of flexibility
> through the semi-structured nature of XML and the schema independent
> model used by Xindice. This is especially valuable when you have very
> complex XML structures that would be difficult or impossible to map to a
> more structured database.
>
> At the present time Xindice uses XPath for its query language and XML:DB
> XUpdate for its update language. We provide an implementation of the
> XML:DB API for Java development and it is possible to access Xindice
> from other languages using built in XML-RPC API. As standards in the XML
> database area mature Xindice will include support for those that are
> most important.
>
> Xindice is the continuation of the project that used to be called the
> dbXML Core. The dbXML source code was donated to the Apache Software
> Foundation in December of 2001.
My main interest is in the XML:DB part, which is a prerequisite for the
RFP #296117 libjaxme-java -- open source implementation of JAXB, the
specification for Java/XML binding. I would suggest to have a separate
binary package for this one.
Thanks, Eric
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