DB API working group. Work on this is just getting under way. The dbXML Project has a nearly complete Core Level 1 Java implementation based on the May 07 draft. The implementation is part of the 0.5 release of the dbXML Core. The Ozone Project is working on a Java implementation based on the May 07 draft.
Work is in the early stages.
Ultimately, collections of XML files will be accessed like databases. Although it is not intended to be exhaustive, I hope that it describes some of the major issues in using XML with databases. It is somewhat biased towards relational databases simply because that is where my experience is. All Rights Reserved.