I have been using 4Suite[1], another open-source platform, since last July for our content management projects at Seattle University School of Law. I have been very happy with its storage model for XML and metadata. I would consider it less of an XML database and more of an XML repository integrated with RDF database. Last June, I raised a question on the 4Suite mailing list when I was evaluating it against other options, such as eXist and Xindice. Uche Ogbuji, whose company Fourthought spearheads the development of 4Suite, replied with a very good explanation[2] on how XML resources and metadata are stored, mapped to each other, and queried. And if you use Dublin Core metadata, then 4Suite will provide immediate benefits in terms of getting at your data, via its RDF querying capabilities.
Take a look, and post any questions you have on the 4Suite mailing list[3]. People on the list are very responsive. Also, if you happen to be planning to attend XML Europe 2003 in May, I'll be giving a presentation with Uche on 4Suite and the application we built at SU Law (along with how data stored in 4Suite is integrated with our Web site via Cocoon). Evan Lenz Content Management Architect Seattle University School of Law [1] http://www.4suite.org [2] http://lists.fourthought.com/pipermail/4suite/2002-June/003869.html [3] http://lists.fourthought.com/mailman/listinfo/4suite [4] http://www.xmleurope.com/2003/tuesday.asp -----Original Message----- From: Ronnie Sengupta To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2/13/2003 9:13 PM Subject: [cms-list] Open Source XML DB for Archiving Content I am setting up a Content Archival System for my company, which is into E-Learning. I plan to Archive all Assets using Dublin Core initially (Pilot project) and finally using IEEE LOM. Planning on storing 1 XML file per asset containing the metadata in an XML Database. Has anyone used an XML Database for archiving content. I am looking at Open Source solutions like Xindices from Apache Group and exist. What about Oracle XML DB? Currently, I am using a Lucene Full Text index along with field -- http://cms-list.org/ more signal, less noise.
