Hi all,

we are pleased to announce a version 2.0 of the Sedna XML database system.
http://www.modis.ispras.ru/sedna


New:
- XQuery support now conforms to the XQuery specification. Sedna passes 
"XML Query Test Suite (XQTS)" by W3C and has official "almost passed"
status. 
The detailed report can be found at 
http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/test-suite/XQTSReport.html
- Optional XQuery features:
	* Support for user-defined XQuery modules. Modules are stored at
server side as precompiled functions 
	* Full Axis (i.e. support for all XPath axes)
- XQuery debug facilities:
	* support for standard fn:trace function
	* facility to obtain stack trace in case of dynamic error
- Server configuration options are extended (e.g. you can configure several 
instances of Sedna server to be running on a computer)
- Current release was put through extended stress testing

New third-party contributions:
- Sedna Admin GUI by GREaT team
http://sednaadmin.sf.net/
- Python API based on DBAPI 2.0 by Steve Howe
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sednapy
- PHP API by Nikolay Zavaritsky
(available from Sedna download page)

Thank you for your valuable contributions!

Best regards,
Maxim Grinev
Sedna team