Where am I?

The current issue of JDAM is a MarkLogic showcase, with two articles by our customers plus my article on content server scalability.

Abstract: The growing size and complexity of content makes it increasingly difficult for content management systems and content-based applications to keep up. Fast access to terabytes (TB) of eXtensible Markup Language is increasingly important to many companies and organizations. Filesystems and relational database management systems are adequate for gigabytes of rich content, but TBs demand a repository that was built for content.

The latest release of cq is 3.2.2. This XQuery tool now includes support for XQuery profiling, using the new profiling API, so MarkLogic Server 3.2 is required. The profiler has already been extremely useful: so far, we've used it in several projects where we've improved performance by 3-10x. Each project has been finished in a week or less.

At last week's 2007 MarkLogic User Conference, I talked about bulk reprocessing of XML content. The problem is simple: you have 100 GB to 100 TB of XML, and you need to make a small change to each and every document. The problem is simple, but the solution is not.

As part of the talk, I demonstrated and released a tool for this, called Corb (or "CoRB", if you prefer). Hopefully this will save someone else from re-inventing the wheel.

Oh, and I talked about scalability, too. How many TB of XML would you like?

Culture shock! I taught a developer class in NYC this week, near Wall St. This was my first trip since coming back from Thailand. Let's see... prices are about 100x higher, and I missed the upgrade on both legs. That's it - I'm goin' back to Thailand.

Oh wait - wasn't it 95-F and 100% humidity, there?

Anyway, I stayed around the Fulton Fish Market area. Too bad the market closed down about a year ago - but it still made a nice change from mid-town.

I'm in NYC, teaching a developer course. There's a little bit of snow on the ground, and everyone wants me to drink stout.