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Re: indexing and querying XML (not XQuery)

• To: Robert Koberg <rob@k...>
• Subject: Re: indexing and querying XML (not XQuery)
• From: Wolfgang Hoschek <whoschek@l...>
• Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:58:49 -0700
• Cc: XML Developers List <xml-dev@l...>
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A starting point may be MemoryIndex (http://dsd.lbl.gov/nux/api/ 
index.html), which can be used for Lucene fulltext search over  
comparatively small *transient main memory* XML documents, for  
example as in Nux XQuery. Note, however, that it is not  
straightforward to extend XML fulltext quering over transient main  
memory to XML fulltext quering over huge persistent XML document  
collections; the underlying technology is bound to be vastly  
different wrt. data management, indexing and transactional  
properties, though the high level search API may indeed remain  
indentical or similar.

Wolfgang.

On Aug 23, 2005, at 6:05 AM, Robert Koberg wrote:


> Hi,
>
> Someone on the Lucene user's list posted a link to this paper:
>
> http://www.idealliance.org/papers/xmle02/dx_xmle02/papers/ 
> 03-02-08/03-02-08.html
>
> that talks about indexing and searching XML documents. I have been  
> doing something similar for a while (3 years, I think) but it is  
> specific to our configuration/content which probably doesn't have  
> wider applicability. I have also found it to be:
>
> "a fast, reliable XML search engine, which has exceeded our  
> expectations in terms of flexibility and low development cost."
>
> I was thinking the article would be of interest to many people  
> here. I was also wondering about your thoughts on this method of  
> dealing with XML. I have not looked in depth at XQuery, and I am  
> wondering what strengths/benefits XQuery would have over using  
> something like Lucene to index/query XML.
>
> It would be interesting to see what folk from this list would come  
> up with if they put their brains to work on ways to handle indexing/ 
> searching with something like Lucene.
>
> best,
> -Rob
>
>
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