XML Database (eXist)

About eXist

eXist is the XML database that stores, indexes and servers up the TEI/XML files for the Hamilton College Digital Collections.

• eXist (open source, native XML database) - Used to store and index the TEI/XML files. <http://www.exist-db.org/>
• Main Documentation <http://www.exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/>

Tools used with eXist

• PHP (open source) - Used to send XQuery requests to the eXist XML database and transform the results to XHTML with the help of XSLT and CSS. <http://www.php.net/>