Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact general-help@xml.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list general@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 3805 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2000 16:45:13 -0000 Received: from lotus2.lotus.com (192.233.136.8) by locus.apache.org with SMTP; 7 Jul 2000 16:45:13 -0000 Received: from internet2.lotus.com (internet2.lotus.com [9.95.4.236]) by lotus2.lotus.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA27578; Fri, 7 Jul 2000 12:45:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from a3mail.lotus.com (A3MAIL.lotus.com [9.95.5.66]) by internet2.lotus.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA22049; Fri, 7 Jul 2000 12:44:13 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: XML Database To: general@xml.apache.org Cc: falko@softwarebuero.de, general@xml.apache.org X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.1 July 16, 1999 Message-ID: From: "Scott Boag/CAM/Lotus" Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 12:45:15 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on A3MAIL/CAM/H/Lotus(Build V505_06082000 |June 8, 2000) at 07/07/2000 12:46:43 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > What do you use as a query language? The W3C is in the process of defining XML Query, which will probably use XPath as a base of some form. I think the best thing would be to start with XPath/extended XSLT (a query is more than just a path... it is normally also a transformation), and follow the XML Query effort as it progresses. To the larger question of building an XML Database, I've always thought that this was a clear and logical next step. I believe XLink is another important part of this puzzle. -scott