[DDI-users] DDI XML in eXist-db?

[Pascal Heus]

Stefan:
I've been using various native XML databases for DDI and other XML
specifications. eXist is a great out of the box solution that comes with
all the bells and whistles you need to quickly take advantage of XQuery
and related technologies. My experience however is that it does not
scale up well for large documents or XML collections. I very much like
the product and re-evaluate it on a regular basis. If you don't have to
deal with lots of files (thousands) or large document (like over
5-10Mb), this is a great option. I do have an eXist server up and
running for testing purposes, let me know if you need access to it. 
Otherwise, a good alternative is the open source Oracle Berkeley DB-XML
database (http://www.oracle.com/database/berkeley-db/xml/index.html).
This one however is just a library and require a considerable amount of
programming.
Hope this helps
Pascal

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> From: "Kramer, Stefan" <stefan.kramer at yale.edu>
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> If anyone is managing DDI XML in eXist-db (http://exist.sourceforge.net/), I'd be curious about your experiences, and would be glad to summarize for the list.
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