nalysts at XML and Web services consultancy ZapThink Friday made the prediction that the native XML database (NXD) niche no longer exists as a separate market.

ZapThink Senior Analyst Ron Schmelzer told internetnews.com XML-enabled relational database (RDBMS), content management, and integration vendors are best suited to offer general-purpose XML data store solutions, while XML database pure-plays are offering more focused XML data storage solutions. Schmelzer believes XML database features will eventually become incorporated in an increasing number of major software packages, including those offered by Microsoft, Oracle and IBM.

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