Brent, you may try inserting them into Xindice (an XML DBMS [1]) or, much simpler, search them by the use of XSLT.
Though, I must say, time series data beg to live in a Relational model. Regards, [1] http://xml.apache.org/xindice/ --------------------------------------------- Luca Morandini GIS Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://utenti.tripod.it/lmorandini/index.html --------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Brent Eades [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 10:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Hello and question > > > Hello, > > A word of introduction... I belonged to the list a year or so back, > but got sidetracked from Cocoon for awhile. Now I'm back tinkering > with 2.04, and have no shortage of questions. > > Here's one (a rather broad and newbie-ish one.) In my project I have > a large number of XML files that correspond to time series. Each is > the same format: > > <timeSeries> > <seriesName>P12345</seriesName> > <observation> > > <date>2001-03-12</date> > <value>1.25</value> > > <date>2001-03-13</date> > <value>1.28</value> > > </observation> > </timeSeries> > > ... etc. > > Now: using the various mechanisms available through Cocoon, how best > would I "query" a given file (directly, as opposed to through a > database) via an HTML form, e.g., to extract and display only > selected dates/values? > > I have a vague grasp of various ways I could do this if my data were > to reside in an intermediate DBMS of some sort, but the objective > here is to store each time series as an XML source file only, while > still being able to query it. > > Does this make any sense? :) > > ----------------------------- > Brent Eades, Almonte, Ontario > http://www.almonte.com > http://www.bankofcanada.ca > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
