eXist is
a native xml database which means it is built to work with xml in an
efficient manner. Although other databases can also be used to work
with xml, a native xml database like eXist is built solely for the purpose
only.
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Some
of the features of eXist are that it supports XQuery, XPath and XSLT.
You can use XQuery to query the xml document as you would do with SQL
in other databases.
XPath is
used to navigate through the documents and the document collections.
XPath is also used in XQuery to query the xml document. You can use
XSLT to transform the xml document into other forms like, plain text,
html, xml, and even PDF.
eXist database
can also create index while it stores the data. This helps you in retrieving
the data faster. Other supports like data update, SOAP, and XML-RPC
protocols are available with this database. Concurrent access of data
is supported although support for transaction is not there.
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