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<DIV>The xsdbXML framework provides a flexible and well defined infrastructure to <BR>allow tabular data to be published, retrieved, and combined over the Internet.</DIV>
<DIV>It's a little bit like the daughter of the Gadfly SQL engine in the buff, <BR>on steroids. This is a major departure from the previous releases of xsdb.</DIV>
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<DIV>Please read about it and download it from<BR> <A href="http://xsdb.sourceforge.net">http://xsdb.sourceforge.net</A></DIV>
<DIV>Note that the download is over 90% documentation and example data files --<BR>the software itself is small.</DIV>
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<DIV>The xsdb framework makes all of the following assertions true. </DIV>
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<DIV>Database queries over web distributed data: <BR> Databases may be broken up into multiple files or servers on multiple machines <BR> and queried as a single resource. <BR>Simple Publication: <BR> Publishing a queriable collection of data (a context) can be as simple as <BR> placing an XML document on a web server. <BR>Sophisticated Publication: <BR> Large and complex databases may also be published using server software <BR> which provides indexing and other optimizations. <BR>Heterogeneity: <BR> Published data collections may be built using parts of remotely defined data collections. <BR>External Data: <BR> A data context may make reference to another arbitrary web object. <BR>Open formats and definitions: <BR> Databases may be constructed and queried using standard formats and standard <BR> web protocols using any programming language in any computational environment. <BR>Simple formats <BR> The content of a
database or query may be expressed in a manner which is easy <BR> to parse and interpret (both for human readers and for computer programs). Data, <BR> queries and query responses are represented using the same language of expressions. <BR>Clear definition <BR> The meaning of database entries and queries are defined using simple mathematical <BR> definitions. <BR></DIV>
<DIV>thanks for your attention!</DIV>
<DIV> -- Aaron Watters</DIV>
<DIV> There ain't no sanity clause.</DIV>
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