[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] functional databases noodling ...
every year at XML Prague, Michael Kay either via his talks or questions makes a single comment that spawns a few hundred hours of research on my part ... this year was his minor mention of 'functional databases' ... which sent me scrambling. a few thoughts immediately came to mind: * how valid is it to say 'xquery is a functional programming/query language' ? I think 3.0 makes this statement true it then a few more followed: * is it possible that we could rename xml databases (who have xquery) into 'functional database' especially if they employ XQuery 3.0 * what other characteristics make a functional databases (as in immutable functional data structures) and what context could xml technologies be applicable * what comprises a functional data structure and does xml model them well ? * just as there is an impedance mismatch between OO and relational databases are we creating new impedance mismatches by not using functional data structures ? * does anyone on the list has experience with pure functional databases in existence So as you can see not entirely well formed thoughts and I still need to do quite a bit more research to come up to speed with previous work in this domain but interesting ... thank you Dr. Kay. Jim Fuller
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