While Poet's and Astoria's compete to manage parts catalogs and tech doc manuals, eXcelon will be deployed as an e-commerce hub and as the centerpiece in enterprise integration. An eXcelon Manager performs system administration functions.
Users can extend the data model adding types of tags as required.
While other database vendors claim that it is not practical to shred an XML instance down to the element level, Object Store Director of Product Management Vittorio Viarango states that their fast cache technology and optimized indexing allow control at the most granular level of the document without impairing performance. The database includes a full DOM Level 1 implementation to access each stored instance at the element level. They will update their XQL support as that proposal approaches recommendation status. Object Store does all sales through channels and expects most deployments to be through OEM arrangements such as with Manna Networks, a new website personalization product. They list about 50 current partners, not coincidentally all members of a focus group convened a year and a half ago to strategize on how to implement XML in Object Store.