Connecting to database without running server

Hello,
  I am new to Xindice. I tried some examples from the internet and it
worked, but I have to run the server before running my applications.
This allows it to connect to the database.
  I don't want to run the server because my application runs locally
and I don't want to disturb the user with the server. I need to
connect to the database from my application only, the path of the
database is relative to the program.
  I need something like IBM CloudScape but with XML.

Thanks in advance
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regards,
Ahmed Saad