size of XQuery developer community

[Robert Koberg]

On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Mukul Gandhi wrote:

> Hi Martin,
>  I agree to many of your points. Kindly see my answers to some
> specific points, you have mentioned.
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Martin Probst<http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk 
> probst.com> wrote:
>> exploiting this benefit leads to the schema evolution problems that
>> plague so many SQL users. I'm not sure whether the benefit is  
>> actually
>> worth the hassle of near-impossible to change schemata
>
> I very much agree to this. Where the schema is volatile, XML is a good
> choice, than relational model. With relational model, frequent schema
> changes is much harder, than with XML.

There is also the option of JSON DBs like Perservere, MongoDB (and  
maybe CouchDB if you like the flatness). Gives you the same schema- 
less storage capabilities, but using JavaScript instead of XQuery.  
Which do you think is easier for someone to pick up? Of course, you  
are kind of screwed with a JSON DB if you deal with a good deal of  
mixed content.

-Rob