February 2011 - BaseX-Talk - mailman.uni-konstanz.de

Infrastructure improvements
by NewIntellectual 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Given the well deserved growth of BaseX, I was wondering if there are plans to improve bug/feature tracking capability, as well as the discussion system. For the first, I have used the popular JIRA system ( http://www.atlassian.com/) While I think it could use improvements, it's pretty powerful and I think it would be better than what exists now. They say that it's free to use for open source projects. I have found the GNU mailing list system to be cumbersome to use, since it is all email based, and the archives are not automatically searchable, nor grouped in any way by subject. There are a number of free discussion board systems, including at least one based on Java, and I think that would be a big improvement. I would be willing to help out with a transition to better tools if there is interest.

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jax-rx outout parameter, omit-xml-declaration key...
by software developer 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

...has the default value of yes, as noted at http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Serialization, the XQuery Serialization does not appear to recommend/enforce a default (http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt-xquery-serialization-30/#XML_OMIT-XML-DECLARATION) but the XForms spec does (http://www.w3.org/TR/xforms11/#submit) and the recommendation in XForms spec is the default value of false (=no), which is different from the default value of yes(=true) used by BaseX. While it (the way things are) is not a major (or minor) headache (for me), if it is a minor change and can be factored in in some future release, that would be useful (it would mean I have to set one less query param if I want the default behaviour of XForms). Thanks.

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Release of BaseX 6.5.1
by Christian Grün 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Dear all, Version 6.5.1 of BaseX has just been released. It's mainly a stability release, but it also includes some new features and improvements, as shown in the changelog below: [ADD] Storage: Parser options added for built in importers (CSV, TXT) [ADD] APIs: JAX-RX: Flag added to start server in background (-s) [ADD] APIs: Command-line flag added to pass on extern variables (-b) [ADD] XQuery Functions: util:integer-from-base(), util:integer-to-base(), util:sha1(), util:md5() [ADD] Commands: DROP DB ... ON [...]: delete users from specific databases [ADD] Packaging: W3 catalog resolver file (w3-catalog.xml) added [MOD] APIs: JAX-RX: all REST props and calls renamed to JAX-RX/jaxrx [MOD] XQuery Full Text: improved rewritings for index-based evaluation [MOD] XQuery Full Text: better scoring results for index-based queries [MOD] Core: Locking: multiple readers/single writer concept revised [MOD] Windows Packaging: "Start Server" icon starts JAX-RX as well If you are working with our JAX-RX (REST) Interface, please note that we have changed some of the options and calls to make the naming more consistent. As an example, the basexrest script is now called basexjaxrx, and the RESTPATH option has been renamed to JAXRXPATH. Please visit our documentation and search for "6.5.1" to find more details. As usual, we are looking forward to your feedback. Have fun, BaseX Team 2011 ___________________________ Christian Grün Uni KN, Box 188 78457 Konstanz, Germany http://www.inf.uni-konstanz.de/~gruen

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by SharewarePlaza 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

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BaseX produces illegal XML
by Godmar Back 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

BaseX 6.5.1 *still* has issues with producing illegal XML. See http://top.cs.vt.edu/~gback/bx/b651-bug/ for a snapshot of the BaseXData directory with instructions on how to reproduce it. BaseX returns: <entry xmlns="http://libx.org/xml/libx2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> which obviously is invalid XML. - Godmar

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Different default encodings based on output param's media-type
by software developer 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Hi, I have noted that: http://localhost:8984/basex/jax-rx?wrap=no&query=%3Cdata%3E%C3%A4%3C/data%3… leads to <data>ä</data> http://localhost:8984/basex/jax-rx?wrap=no&query=%3Cdata%3E%C3%A4%3C/data%3… leads to <data>�</data> http://localhost:8984/basex/jax-rx?wrap=no&query=%3Cdata%3E%C3%A4%3C/data%3… leads to <data>ä</data> http://localhost:8984/basex/jax-rx?wrap=no&query=%3Cdata%3E%C3%A4%3C/data%3… leads to <data>Ã¤</data> Does this mean that for text/plain, the query submitted is assumed to be in iso-8859-1 and for text/xml, it is assumed to be in utf-8? If so, why different treatment? Thanks.

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Re: [basex-talk] Probably a bug: replace value of node
by Lukas Kircher 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Hi Artur, I just found out this all comes down to a mistake in our XQuery Update documentation - I'm sorry to cause that confusion. The XQuery Update specification says this: If you have an expression like ... *'replace value of node A with B'* the expression *B* is evaluated with a text node constructor. That means the result of *B *is either a sequence of text nodes or an empty sequence. Considering your example the outcome is valid - it's the documentation which is wrong. It's simply not possible to replace the *value of* an element node (its descendants) with other elements. I'll take care of this inconsistency. Hope this clears things up, thanks for pointing that out! Regards, Lukas PS: I'm also forwarding your answer to basex-talk On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Artur Moor <skynexion(a)googlemail.com>wrote: > It seems that the instruction: > > replace value of node $doc with $value > > replaces the content of $doc with atomic contents of given $value. I'm > not familiar with XQUF, but following the documentation on > http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Update it should replace the content of > $doc with given item(s) in $value. > > Is there a mistake in documentation or implementation? > > Regards, Artur > > 2011/2/14 Lukas Kircher <lukaskircher1(a)googlemail.com>: > > Hey Artur, > > thanks for the report - I'll take a look at this today and get > > back to you as soon as I can. > > Regards, > > Lukas > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Artur Moor <skynexion(a)googlemail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> following the documentation on http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Update the > >> instruction of: > >> > >> replace value of node /doc with <new-element/> > >> > >> on db: > >> > >> <doc> > >> <node/> > >> </doc> > >> > >> should result in: > >> > >> <doc> > >> <new-element/> > >> </doc> > >> > >> but the result is: > >> <doc/> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> BaseX-Talk mailing list > >> BaseX-Talk(a)mailman.uni-konstanz.de > >> https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk > > > > >

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Wish - allow using clipboard also for shift+Delete control+Insert shift+Insert
by Jan Vlčinský (CAD) 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Hi Working in GUI is nice, I only like using shift+Delete control+Insert shift+Insert shortcuts for working with clipboard and currently it does not work in XQuery window in BaseX GUI See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut,_copy,_and_paste#Common_keyboard_shortcuts I am working on MS Windows. You see, I do care about your wish list not to let it empty for too long time "-). Best reagards Jan Vlčinský -- *Ing. Jan Vlčinský* CAD programy Slunečnicová 338/3, 734 01 Karviná Ráj, Czech Republic tel: +420-597 602 024; mob: +420-608 979 040 skype: janvlcinsky; GoogleTalk: jan.vlcinsky(a)gmail.com http://cz.linkedin.com/in/vlcinsky

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BaseX6.5 - how to add documents into collection over wire (probably using ADD command)
by Jan Vlčinský (CAD) 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Hi I need to insert documents into BaseX collection. As data are not always available directly as files and as sometime my server is remote to me, I need a method to add documents remotely. With older BaseX (I think BaseX 6.4) I was able to use add commend in the way add as doc1 <root/> This works now. But I am unable to insert anything, what has any attribute in this manner add as doc1 <root att="att"/> This keeps complaining and prints back help on the console. I am using basexclient.bat and Python API. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any advice. Jan

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Probably a bug: replace value of node
by Artur Moor 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Hi all, following the documentation on http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Update the instruction of: replace value of node /doc with <new-element/> on db: <doc> <node/> </doc> should result in: <doc> <new-element/> </doc> but the result is: <doc/>

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