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> > Native XML databases; a bad idea for data? > > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-xdnat.html?n-x-10181 I have two basic gripes with this article. 1. It does not accurately reflect the capabilities of at least some current native XML databases. For instance, at least some native XML databases can retrieve nodes without retrieving the document, perform aggregate functions across document boundaries, or restrict documents in a collection to one particular schema. Note that Kevin mentions three rather different systems, calls them all native XML databases, and does not discuss what each of them can or can not do. I am not sure what set of criteria caused him to name Tamino, TextML, and XYZFind, but not certain other vendors, but putting treating these three systems as though they were functionally equivalent is misleading. 2. There is no mention of XQuery (http://www.w3.org/tr/xquery). Since XQuery addresses most (perhaps all?) of his issues with data manipulation, aggregation, and retrieval, and Working Drafts of XQuery have been available since February 15th, 2001, I would have expected an article written in October, 2001 to mention it. There is a native XML query language that addresses Kevin's concerns, and at least some XML database vendors intend to support it. Jonathan
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