BaseX - Processing and Visualizing large XML Instances

As XML has been proven to be successful as a standardized format for textual data exchange, it is increasingly used as a representation format for large databases, stretching over several gigabytes. Yet, most XML processors are still specialized on storing and querying pretty small XML documents. In the scope of our research, we analyze the storage, query, update and visualization of large XML instances. BaseX is our native XML database prototype. It features compact storage structures, a very efficient XPath implementation and a graphical user interface, facilitating visual access to large XML documents.

News & Downloads

Please visit our project homepage www.basex.org to get more information.

Joint Work

• We are currently cooperating with the WG Human-Computer Interaction. In the near future, BaseX will serve as database backend for the library catalog MedioVis. Realtime access will be given to metadata of ~2 Mio. library titles of the University of Konstanz.
• BXFS, the BaseX File System, bridges the gap between file systems and databases. Here, we are currently cooperating with the Distributed Systems Group and the Idefix project. Idefix, a block-oriented persistent XML storage layer, will serve as a backend for the Pathfinder XQuery Compiler. This may open the door to query data stored in a file system with similar design.

Contact

• Your personal contacts: Christian Grün, Alexander Holupirek, and Marc H. Scholl