3.8. Conclusion

eXist's user community has been continuously growing since eXist was released to the public. Applications prove that eXist may be effectively used to implement XML-based services in a wide range of scenarios, dealing with different types of XML documents and data volumes.

Yet much work remains to be done to implement outstanding features. Being an Open Source project, eXist strongly depends on user feedback and participation. Interested developers are encouraged to join the mailing list and share their views and suggestions.

Some of eXist's weak points, namely indexing speed and storage requirements, have already been subject to a considerable redesign. The project is currently concentrating on complete XPath support, possibly ...

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