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<FONT COLOR="#000080"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>I wouldn't think Galax qualifies since Elliotte is talking about native XML databases and not just XQuery implementations.<BR>
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On the relational-XML database side, both Oracle 10g and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 support XML integration in the same manner as DB2 9, extending the relational model to include an XML type when defining column types for a table. I don't have a feel for which of the relational contenders are best at supporting XML natively, but I have a feeling they will continue to gain momentum relative to XML-only databases.<BR>
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- Duane Moore<BR>
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On 8/15/07 3:50 AM, "Keulen, M. van (Maurice)" <m.vankeulen@utwente.nl> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Dear Elliotte,<BR>
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Good to assess the state of the art every once in a while. <a href="http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/#implementations"><http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/#implementations></a> IMO you do miss a few important ones though: Galax <a href="http://www.galaxquery.org/"><http://www.galaxquery.org/></a> (reference implementation, open source), MonetDB/XQuery <a href="http://www.monetdb-xquery.org/"><http://www.monetdb-xquery.org/></a> (open source, very fast on large data sets, advanced full text search and other multimedia extensions, distributed querying, ...), X-Hive <a href="http://www.x-hive.com/xquery/"><http://www.x-hive.com/xquery/></a> (commercial, fast industrial-strength XQuery engine).<BR>
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W3C maintains a list of implementations : <a href="http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/#implementations">http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/#implementations</a><BR>
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Regards,<BR>
Maurice van Keulen.<BR>
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Elliotte Harold wrote: <BR>
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<a href="http://cafe.elharo.com/xml/the-state-of-native-xml-databases/">http://cafe.elharo.com/xml/the-state-of-native-xml-databases/</a> <BR>
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Comments appreciated. <BR>
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