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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.
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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).
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