XMLhack Databases newsDeveloper news from the XML communityPanel discusses SQL, XML, Web Services, and Grid Computing- (Found July 2, 2008 ) In a panel discussion at Software Development 2004 entitled "Marrying SQL, XML, Web Services and Grid Computing", Peter Coffee of eWEEK magazine best summarized the state of these four technologies when he said that customers would not abandon SQL, wanted to use XML to repurpose data, and considered Web Services the default implementation strategy for many projects. On the other hand, they felt grid computing was still three to five years away.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2181 XML and Databases article translated- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The article "XML and Databases", by Ronald Bourret, has recently been translated into French and Chinese.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2164 Version 3.0 of X-Hive XML database available- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The latest version of native XML database X-Hive adds support for XQuery and DOM Level 3 Load and Save.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1707 XIndice 1.0 released- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Kimbro Staken announced the release of XIndice 1.0, an open-source native XML database in Java.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1592 XML-DBMS 2.0 reaches alpha- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Ron Bourret announced the release of the first alpha of the Java version of XML-DBMS 2.0.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1503 XSLT, XPath, and XQuery drafts- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The W3C has given developers a huge pile of holiday reading, with first drafts of XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0, as well as a collection of revised query drafts.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1493 Does XQuery fit all- (Found July 2, 2008 ) While XQuery is usually considered an inappropriate tool for querying RDF collections or Topic Maps, Jonathan Robie demonstrated at XML 2001 that using XQuery functions over their normalized forms can be practical and not especially complex.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1492 GoXML DB 2.0 supports XQuery- (Found July 2, 2008 ) XML Global have announced the release of their XML database, GoXML DB 2.0, with support for the W3C's developing XQuery technology.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1487 |