[xquery-talk] The State of Native XML databases

[Ronald Bourret]

Nice article, but I'm not sure I agree with the statement that there are 
only four or five choices to consider. There are definitely a lot more 
native XML databases out there.

Here is a list of the ones I know about that have been around for a 
while and appear to still be being actively developed. This indicates at 
least some level of stability in the company that produces them.

(It is fair to note that a lot of these companies appear to make their 
money from consulting or specializing in a particular area, such as 
integration. But then again, Oracle and IBM probably make more money 
from consulting than database sales as well.)

Commercial
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eXtc
Ipedo
Neocore
Sonic XML Server (no longer being developed?)
TeraText
TEXTML Server
Tiger Logic
X-Hive
XQuantum
XStreamDB
Xyleme

Relational / native XML
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SQL Server
Oracle
Sybase

Open source / free
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4Suite
Sedna
Timber

-- Ron

Elliotte Harold wrote:

> On another list I was recently asked to sum up the state of native XML 
> databases, especially open source ones. The result is here:
> 
> http://cafe.elharo.com/xml/the-state-of-native-xml-databases/
> 
> Comments appreciated.
> 
>