[Xmldb-org-general] XAPI and XInclude

[Travis S. <Tra...@no...>]

I would like to address the relationship of the XAPI with the 
Xinclude[1] specification.  XInclude is a specification for merging XML 
documents.  The basic example is including an XML document at a given URL.

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<document xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
  <p>120 Mz is adequate for an average home user.</p>
  <xi:include href="disclaimer.xml"/>
</document>

One should be able to specify a resource in an XML:DB database in a 
standard way.   A simple idea would be to reference the resource by ID:
<xi:include 
href="xmldb:vendorx://db.xmlmovies.com:2030/movies?resourceId=5" />.  
Should xpath and xquery also be allowed as part of the URI?

Of course the XML parser would have to know how to handle the 
xmldb:vendorx protocol, but that is a different issue.  Also, 
standardizing the relationship to XInclude would be orthogonal to 
standardizing a possible REST syntax.

Any thoughts?

-Trav

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xinclude/