Our XQuery compiler Pathfinder turns relational database systems into scalable XQuery and XPath processors that can cope with huge XML inputs. Pathfinder comes packaged as a retargetable standalone compiler and also is integral part of MonetDB/XQuery.
Ferry establishes a new connection between two somewhat distant shores: programming languages and database technology: How far we can push the idea of relational database engines that directly and seamlessly participate in program evaluation?
MonetDB/XQuery is the tight integration of our relational XQuery compiler Pathfinder with MonetDB, the super-efficient column store developed by our friends at CWI, Amsterdam. Open source. Try it out!