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+1 to Dave's suggestions! I've used eXist extensively to create websites drawn from XML data. Northeastern's Digital Scholarship Group is in the process of setting up a BaseX-specific server; the projects we support will be able to store XML documents and query them. XML databases shine when it comes to XML-aware search. eXist has a powerful full-text indexing system using Lucene, which lets you selectively index elements: http://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/lucene BaseX is lightweight and easy to get set up. In my experience, its indexes make for *very* fast query responses, though its fulltext search isn't as customizable as eXist's: https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Indexes. BaseX is also great if you want to use another programming language to interface with the database: https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Clients Hope this helps! Warmly, Ash ________________________________ From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of David Mayo <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2020 3:15 PM To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Web app to search XML files A lot of good suggestions; if you're looking for fast turnaround without having to decompose and shift the data, it might be worth looking at dedicated XML databases like eXistDB and Basex https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fexist-db.org%2Fexist%2Fapps%2Fhomepage%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7Cas.clark%40NORTHEASTERN.EDU%7Ca80839dbb0b84d17692708d8a2c8a566%7Ca8eec281aaa34daeac9b9a398b9215e7%7C0%7C0%7C637438329952908446%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=UvJo9eWEJkfuxeQAPZawgNWGywm4%2BcFMZ6TkQPmpoaA%3D&reserved=0 https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbasex.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cas.clark%40NORTHEASTERN.EDU%7Ca80839dbb0b84d17692708d8a2c8a566%7Ca8eec281aaa34daeac9b9a398b9215e7%7C0%7C0%7C637438329952918402%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=7zCbnAla0cXebracAtTCOntw2vFBMjrPQCh3I8w4IA4%3D&reserved=0 IIRC, eXist-db has dedicated functionality for building applications built in; even if you don't go that way, I've found these very useful for analysis of XML corpuses prior to running other software to transform them. - Dave Mayo (He/Him) Software Dev @ Harvard LTS On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 2:53 PM Stuart A. Yeates <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There's XML and XML. > > I suggest that you enquire about the exact format that you're going to > be receiving and ask around for systems that support it out of the > box. > > cheers > stuart > > > -- > ...let us be heard from red core to black sky > > On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 at 07:37, Pennington, Buddy D. <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > We're purchasing an XML dataset for the historical NY Times and I am > curious about any suggestions to quickly build a web app to search and > display those records for end users. > > > > Buddy Pennington > > Head of Electronic Resources & Systems > > University Libraries > > University of Missouri - Kansas City > > (he/him/his) >