eXistdb is at the core of the Office of the Historian’s
open government and digital history initiatives. It powers our
public website, allowing visitors to search and browse instantly
through nearly a hundred thousand archival government documents. (...)
Joe WicentowskiHistorianOffice of the HistorianU.S. Department of State
We are using eXistdb on our onkopedia.com publishing platform.
The reliability and performance of eXistdb is outstanding and the
competent and fast support by its community is awesome. (...)
Andreas JungLead developer of zopyx.comFounder of the XML Director projectMajor contractor for onkopedia.com project
At the University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre, we use eXistdb in a dozen or more projects, including a couple of fairly high-profile ones:
(...)
Martin HolmesUniversity of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre
eXistdb offers a unique environment for full stack XML web application development.
To create applications ranging from web sites with CMS-like feature to collaborative workflows,
we at Oppidoc started by developing
(...)
The Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (TBRC) holds the world’s single largest collection
of Tibetan texts—nearly 10 million scanned pages and over 11,000 Unicode Tibetan texts.
TBRC.org provides online access to over 4,000 users
(...)
Chris TomlinsonSenior Technical Staff MemberTibetan Buddhist Resource CenterCambridge, Massachusetts
I’ve built a specialised Job-processing system aimed at Small-business users who need
custom solutions on the web. This system allows them to record all their Client data
and use it in documents generated from templates in MS Word, Open Office Text or
Spreadsheet, Email, or plain text
(...)
Alister Pillow
eXistdb and oXygen XML Editor – a great combination for our Digital Dictionary of Surnames in Germany.
The entries – about 850.000 – are stored in an eXistdb database and edited from within oXygen.
(...)
Franziska HornTechnical Staff MemberTechnische Universität Darmstadt
ScoutDragon initially started as a baseball research project by a group of baseball enthusiasts
including writers, agents, scouts, fans, fantasy owners, and even former players.
(...)
Michael WestbayLead Programmer/System AdministratorScoutDragon.comJapan
Semanta’s
core business is metadata in business intelligence. Part of our
concern is parsing metadata from reporting platforms.
(...)
Heidelberg Research Architecture,
Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context,”
The University of HeidelbergHeidelbergGermany
Haptix Games is a video game and interactive
application development and publishing studio, and we have been a
Microsoft shop for as long as I can remember.
(...)
Chris MiszturCTOHaptix GamesChicago, Illinois
easyDITA is an end-to-end solution for
collaboratively authoring, managing, and publishing content
using the DITA XML standard.
(...)
Casey JordancofoundereasyDITA, Jorsek LLCRochester, New York
We [at XML Team Solutions] help media
and entertainment companies integrate sports news and data feeds. These
feeds are predominantly XML. We use eXistdb for two things:
(...)
Paul KellyDirector of Software DevelopmentXML Team Solutions CorpCanada
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Features & Facts
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One Step Installation
With just one installation step you get everything you need. No need to setup and
configure multiple system components.
One Platform
Get a feature-complete platform that covers everything to build even complex
applications.
One Data Model
XML across all layers makes mapping technologies superfluous and increases productivity.
Schema-less Database
The high-performance native XML database engine stores textual or binary data and
documents
without requiring a database schema.
Rapid Prototyping
Upload your data and start writing code immediately.
Application Packages
eXistdb applications are packaged as single archive files that are installed directly
in
the database. Deployment, upgrading to new versions and distribution become a breeze.
Open
eXistdb is fully based upon Open Standards and Open Source making it a future-proof and
substainable choice.
Browser-based IDE
A Browser-based IDE allows managing and editing all artifacts belonging to an
application.
Syntax-coloring, code-completion and error-checking help to get it right.
Forms Framework
Being a complete solution, eXistdb tightly integrates with XForms for complex form
development.
Rich Stack of Libraries
Develop entire applications in XQuery using eXistdb's rich set of libraries.
Community Driven
Being Open Source since 2001, eXistdb development has always been driven by the
needs of a large user community.
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