[bdbxml-ann] Berkeley DB XML 2.0.7

Sleepycat Software is pleased to announce:

         Berkeley DB XML 2.0.7
         http://www.sleepycat.com/products/xml.shtml


Berkeley DB XML is a native XML database engine for use within your=20
product.  Made available as a C++ library with language bindings for=20
Java, Perl, Python, PHP and Tcl Berkeley DB XML integrates directly=20
into your application, it is not a standalone database server. =20
Berkeley DB XML provides XQuery access into a database of document=20
containers.  XML documents are stored and indexed in their native=20
format using Berkeley DB as the transactional database engine. =20
Berkeley DB XML is one of the most sophisticated and reliable native=20
XML database engine available today.

The important new features and benefits of Berkeley DB XML 2.0.7=20
include:

   1. XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 (July 2004 draft)
   2. Node or whole document based storage
   3. Optional document validation
   4. Sophisticated document indexing to speed query access
   5. C++, Java, Perl, Python, TCL and now PHP APIs
   6. Command line access to document repositories

To see the change log for version 2.0.7, please visit:

     http://www.sleepycat.com/xml_update/2.0.7/if.2.0.7.html

For information about the upgrade requirements for 2.0.7, please see:

     http://www.sleepycat.com/xml_update/2.0.7/relnote.2.0.7.html


Licensing

Berkeley DB XML is an open source, dual-license product.  For more=20
information on our license please read:

     http://www.sleepycat.com/download/licensinginfo.shtml

For further information, please contact us at [email protected]


Support

Sleepycat Software offers a range of support offerings for both our=20
commercial and open source customers.  If you need help during any=20
stage of development or into production, we have a support package to=20
meet your needs.  Please take a moment to review our offerings at:

     http://www.sleepycat.com/supports/index.shtml

As always, if you have technical questions, send email to:=20
[email protected] or post to the news group=20
comp.databases.berkeley-db
(http://groups.google.com/groups?group=3Dcomp.databases.berkeley-db).


Blog

The developers of Berkeley DB XML will be routinely posting about BDB=20
XML on our product blog http://www.sleepycat.com/blogs/bdb-xml -- add=20
our RSS or ATOM feeds to your list of news sources and keep track with=20=

the latest postings.


Sleepycat Company Store

We are also pleased to announce that the Sleepycat Company Store is=20
open for business.  Hats, mugs, t-shirts and other items are available=20=

at:

     http://www.companystuffonline.com/sleepycat/


Sleepycat Newsletter

Finally, we are also about to begin electronic circulation of "The=20
Cat's Eye View", a Sleepycat Software newsletter.  The newsletter will=20=

contain tips and tricks from our engineering team, articles from our=20
staff, offers for our newest whitepapers and industry reports as well=20
as timely information about Sleepycat Software and its products.  Find=20=

out where and when you can meet the Sleepycat Team in person at=20
conferences.  To sign up register at:

     http://visitor.constantcontact.com/optin.jsp?m=3D1011365871104&ea=3D


Sleepycat's mission is to provide the fastest, most reliable and=20
scalable transactional database for developers. =A0Our products include:
   ** Berkeley DB - With over 200 million active deployments in use
      today, it's hard to make it through the day without somehow
      coming in contact with something that relies on Berkeley DB.
   ** Berkeley DB XML - A native XML database with an optimized
      XQuery access layer built atop Berkeley DB.
   ** Berkeley DB Java Edition - A pure Java version of Berkeley DB.
If you're building a software product or system that requires=20
dependable data storage, you owe it to yourself to evaluate our=20
software libraries. =A0Chances are one of our database engines will suit=20=

your needs.

regards,

-greg

_____________________________________________________________________
Gregory Burd
Product Manager                         [email protected]
Sleepycat Software, Inc.                http://www.sleepycat.com/