Date:         Tue, 15 Jul 2003 05:54:23 -0800
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From:         Bruce D'Arcus <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Fwd: Re: [MODS] DB's and MODS?
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:42:51 +0200, "Markus Hoenicka"
<[log in to unmask]> said:

> my impression is that XML database systems are not (yet) suitable for
> our purposes.

What's intriguing about an xml db like xindice, though, is that the same
code you use in xslt to find data is also the code you use to query the
db: xpath.

Bruce

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