Mark Logic is a native XML database and most of the code is XQuery. So, it's
operating directly on the XML. It has specific optimized queries that it
runs. I like you idea about considering what comes after Mark Logic. I've
never been one for making metadata decisions based on the current system.

Thanks,

Chris

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Andrew Ashton <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Chris,
>
> <snip>Does MarkLogic operate directly on the XML or does it index it?  If
> it is
> running Xqueries or something like that, you may not see much of a
> performance increase by splitting them out.  In fact I'd say that Xqueries
> are typically a lot faster when they're operating on a single document or
> collection of similar document.  You may also want to consider what comes
> after MarkLogic.</snip>