[Bioperl-l] perl api for xml database

[John Merrells]

Is there any interest on the list in storing biological/genetic
information in XML databases?

I work on an open-source embeddable native XML database
(http://www.sleepycat.com/products/xml.shtml), and I'm getting
quite a lot of interest from people working on biotech projects.
We've just added a perl API to version 1.0.10 and I thought
this would be a good place to announce its availability.

This is a bit of an essay question... but I'd be interested to hear
about any specific requirements this community has for database
systems. Are relational stores perfectly suited to your kind of
work?

John