RE: [xml-dev] A Stakeholder's Response: XQuery APIs for Middle Tier and Clients

["Michael Rys" <mrys@microsoft.com>]

Citing from the NASA scenario paper:

" We now use XQuery for extracting data from structured XML documents
stored in an XML database and this process has dramatically improved the
querying capabilities of our existing applications"

This sounds like exactly what Mike (and I) have been saying: XQuery is
good as a query language on XML data stores. 

And Jonathan: We have never said anything regarding XQuery APIs. What we
have said is that so far we have not seen much user requests for an
XQuery engine on the mid-tier. I probably have seen a few more such
requests than Mike, but until the standard is done, most of our
customers that have expressed an opinion take at best a wait and see
attitude regarding XQuery in .Net (they are not interested in us
generating another MSXSL vs XSLT situation).

Best regards
Michael

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Robie [mailto:jonathan.robie@datadirect.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2:15 PM
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: [xml-dev] A Stakeholder's Response: XQuery APIs for Middle
Tier
> and Clients
> 
> Mike Champion suggested that users don't want to use XQuery APIs on
> the middle tier or for clients, and that the only people who suggest
> otherwise are "stakeholders".
> 
> We're one of those XQuery "stakeholders" Mike refers to - if I
> understand the term, it means someone who is willing to bet money on
> the question. I don't think that disqualifies us from having an
> opinion. We think we have data that says there is such a market, and
> are building a product plan based on this. I'm trying to figure out
> why we're getting such different feedback from the hundreds of
> customers we are working with.
> 
> We plan to release an XQuery product this Fall, implementing XQuery on
> the Java Platform, supporting most popular relational databases as
> well XML documents in files or in a Java program. This product is
> aimed directly at the middle tier and at clients, where a lot of the
> software used for web messages or web sites actually lives, especially
> when the software is doing data integration.
> 
> Our growing beta list for DataDirect XQuery suggests that there really
> is a demand for this kind of product in the Java space. Can it really
> be that different in the .NET space?
> 
> We also have some data from our Stylus Studio users that indicates (1)
> significant interest in XQuery - in an environment used by many XSLT
> develpers, and (2) concrete interest in XQuery in the Java
> client/middle tier. The Stylus marketing team just posted one scenario
> from NASA: http://www.stylusstudio.com/xquery/cust_nasa.html.
> 
> Jonathan
> Program Manager, DataDirect XQuery
> 
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