[Metadatalibrarians] Metadatalibrarians Digest, Vol 50, Issue 8

[Clay Redding]

Hi Chris,

I'm glad to see another XQuery fan out there, as well as another  
MarkLogic implementer.  I'm neck deep in a test with MarkLogic and I  
really like working with it.  Given that Princeton Theological  
Seminary has MarkLogic and Princeton Univ. has X-Hive, that town is  
XML DB central!

This listserv is meant to be pretty open for discussion in terms of  
getting help, but perhaps there's more we could offer.  If so, just  
let us know.  IRC/Jabber for chats, etc.  The list will soon have a  
Wiki, and I have already setup a Subversion repository for those that  
feel comfortable in sharing code via version management tools.  A few  
months ago I had also started the process of installing Planet to  
syndicate metadata-related blogs, but I simply ran out of time.  I've  
had an offer for help and will cash in on that to get these things out.

Please always feel free to ask questions on the list, even if it's  
for XSLT or XQuery help.  Typically that sort of question goes to  
something like XML4Lib or code4lib, but this list is a good starting  
point for sure because we're all working on similar tasks.  Everyone  
will have different approaches and different preferences for metadata  
implementations, but you'll at least be able to synthesize the  
replies to make an informed decision.  It's why we created the list.

Clay


On Aug 20, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Schwartz, Christine wrote:

> Hi Dana, Winona,
>
> We use XQuery exclusively. Our platform, the MarkLogic XML content
> server, has some built-in XQuery functions we can use to modify data,
> not just query it. So, I actually don't have to learn XSLT (right now
> anyway).
>
> I would definitely find a metadata wiki helpful. I'm still feeling a
> little lonely as a metadata librarian--doesn't quite seem like  
> there's a
> community of metadata librarians just yet.
>
> Chris
>
> Christine Schwartz
> Metadata Librarian
> Princeton Theological Seminary Libraries
> christine.schwartz at ptsem.edu
> (609) 497-7938
>
>
>> On Saturday, August 16, 2008 9:25 AM, Winona Salesky wrote:
>
>> Hi Dana,
>> I use xquery extensively, as well as a native XML database (eXist).
>> -Winona
>
>>> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Dana Pearson
>>> <dbpearsonmlis at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>>> ps
>>> Anyone using XQuery and/or end to end XML systems?
>
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