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Welcome!

BaseX is a native, open-source XML database and efficient XPath/XQuery processor, including support for the latest Full Text recommendation. It supports very large XML instances and offers a visual, interactive frontend. BaseX is written in Java and freely available for download. It is developed by the Database and Information Systems Group at the University of Konstanz.

News

  • BaseX 5.7 is released. It offers:
    - a completed XQuery Full Text implementation (both sequential and index-driven),
      based on the latest W3C Candidate Recommendation
    - many improvements on XQuery and index performance
    - a revised GUI with enhanced XQuery editing facilities
    - improved client/server stability and bug fixes
    - extended database statistics
  • BaseX is currently available in English, German, Italian, Japanese and Vietnamese.
    Do you speak another language? Please contact us!

Features

  • Support of the W3C XQuery/XPath Full Text 1.0 Candidate Recommendation.
    BaseX offers the most complete implementation which is currently available.
  • Compact database storage with text, attribute, full-text and path indexes.
  • Highly interactive visualizations, supporting very large XML documents.
  • XQuery editor with syntax highlighting and error feedback.
  • High XQuery 1.0 Conformance: reaching 99.9% in the W3C XQuery Test Suite.
  • API support: XQuery for Java (XQJ) and XML:DB (XAPI).

Contact

If you are working with BaseX, you are invited to contact us or subscribe to the newsletter.
You can also use the Sourceforge forums and bug trackers for communication.