If Kimbro Staken's announcement of the 1.0 beta release of the Java-based dbXML Core XML database is any
indication, a production release may be just around the corner for
this open-source native XML database server, which is being developed
by the dbXML project under sponsorship by the dbXML Group L.L.C.
The dbXML server, which provides a Java
implementation[1]
of the
XML:DB XML database API
for development of client applications, is
designed to manage collections of large numbers of small XML
documents and to provide the ability to perform XPath queries on
them. It's intended to be "highly configurable, openly extensible,
and easily embedded into existing applications".
In addition to Staken, committers for the project include Tom
Bradford and Jay Kalafus. The dbXML.org site also provides a list of other
contributors, many of whom are active on the dbxml-core-devel and dbxml-core-general mailing lists. The project is completely
open, so other interested developers are encouraged to join.
Source code for the release is provided in the release
packages. Development source is available through anonymous CVS:
CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.dbxml.com:/home/cvs
cvs login (password is anoncvs)
cvs co dbXML-Core
Full documentation is available online, including
user and
developer guides, as well as generated
Javadoc API
documentation.