Hello Thank you for your expressed interest and worry in MonetDB/XQuery. quote http://www.monetdb.org/XQuery: Due to lack of development and manpower to port the software to MonetDB version 5, we had to freeze the code base. In a nutshell this is precisely the reason. Within the core development team there was no interest to pursue research on XML database technology any further. Research on XML in the database community is not in fashion either anymore. Furthermore, the underlying kernel had evolved to a completely different one, Mserver5, which would require excessive porting effort not justified by the research funds available. Keeping both software distribution lines alive in the opensource also hindered progress along the main trunk. The group headed by T. Grust, heaviliy involved in MonetDB/XQuery, also went another way. Freezing the code base was the only option. Likely, it will collect dust in the attic until others may see use. Greetings, Martin Kersten On 7/20/13 3:08 PM, Stephen Cameron wrote:
Hello List,
Is there anyone making use of XQuery with MonetDB?
Why was this XQuery work terminated/frozen, obviously its now a low priority, but why?
People seem to resist saying that something is not as good an idea as first thought!
Thanks for your insights.
Steve Cameron collinta.com.au <http://collinta.com.au>
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