Oracle Contributes XQilla XQuery Engine Under Open Source Apache License

Oracle announced they have contributed the XQilla XQuery engine code, an embeddable XQuery engine for developers building XML-based applications, under the open source Apache 2.0 license. By making XQilla XQuery engine available to developers under the Apache license, Oracle is furthering the adoption of XQuery and XML for application areas including Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Enterprise Content Management. The XQilla XQuery engine, an implementation of the XQuery 1.0 standard published by the W3C, enables developers to query XML data, similar to SQL for relational data. Developers can use the XQilla XQuery engine in commercial and open source applications at no cost, modify and improve it, as well as distribute it in binary and source code form. The XQilla project is hosted on SourceForge, where an active community collaborates to further the technology. For applications requiring XQuery and an XML document repository, Oracle has also integrated XQilla XQuery engine within Oracle Berkeley DB XML, an embeddable, open source XML database. http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/, http://xqilla.sourceforge.net/, http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/berkeley-db/xml/index.html