XML Databse Tim Cook  2014-04-10 06:23
Status: Closed
 
Is anyone currently working on interfacing with an XML database such as eXist-db or Marklogic?
 
 
jeckels responded:  2014-04-10 10:42
Hi Tim,

I'm not aware of anyone at LabKey working in that area. It's possible that others in the community might be working in this area - hopefully they'll reply here if they are.

I did a quick look and didn't see any JDBC drivers that might allow for easy connectivity with our existing SqlDialect approach that lets us plug in new relational databases.

What sort of integration or functionality are you interested in with these databases?

Thanks,
Josh
 
Tim Cook responded:  2014-04-10 12:26
Hi Josh,

Thanks for the prompt response.

We are looking to use R to analyze clinical information systems data stored in XML.
The thought was that LabKey could serve as an interface layer. However, we are also looking at using the XML module (libxslt2) to build a direct interface to eXist-db and MarkLogic.

I always like to reuse open source to avoid reinventing the wheel when possible. :-)

Cheers,
Tim
 
jeckels responded:  2014-04-10 13:34
Hi Tim,

Thanks for the info. We don't have a direct solution for that. We'd be happy to put together a proposal for integrating with an XML database, but it sounds like another approach like libxslt2 would likely be a better fit.

Thanks,
Josh