XML:DB (the XML Database Initiative) is a non-profit industry initiative
that provides interested companies and organization a community for
collaborative development of specifications for XML databases and data
manipulation technologies. The initiative's mission is the development
of standardized technologies, the contribution of reference implementations
of those technologies under an Open Source License and the evangelism of
XML database products and technologies to raise the visibility of XML
databases in the marketplace.
Founders
dbXML Group L.L.C.
OpenHealth Care Group
SMB GmbH
Inception
October 2000
Specifications
XML Database Applications Programming Interface (XML:DB API): January 2001
XML Update Language (XUpdate): February 2001
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