Data & AI

Recently, I built a MarkLogic web application using a lot of XSLT and a dash of XQuery. I was able to apply my understanding about how to optimize code to make a site like this perform better, so I thought I would share some of these insights with other beginners. Whenever MarkLogic evaluates an XPath […]

There have been many relatively recent dramatic improvements in hardware.  Factors such as processor speed/design and network capacity appear to be making shortages of hardware resources very pre-2011.  Not to mention falling prices that appear to not have hit bottom just yet.  But with improving...

How will you resolve to optimize your application performance in 2011? 2010 was a good year for application development and database performance. Fifteen years ago, having a high-performing application and well-tuned database was a pipe dream. Today, it’s a no-brainer. So, when companies look...

The MarkLogic Sample Authoring App for PowerPoint was designed as a jump start for anyone doing Microsoft Office development in MarkLogic, showcasing the use of the MarkLogic Toolkit for PowerPoint in MarkLogic version 8 with Office 2007 or 2010. The toolkit uses tags — name and value for a property — to let authors enrich PowerPoint presentations, and associate and manage metadata. In addition, users can search and reuse existing tagged components and their metadata in new PowerPoint presentations.