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Saxon Jing released - 26/Aug/2016: Validate XML documents via RelaxNG Schemas (compact syntax) in XSLT or XQuery!

Spoke at XML Prague 2012 - 8/Feb/2012: Charles Foster spoke at the XML Prague 2012 conference.

XQJ Tutorial released - 15/Sep/2009: An online XQJ Tutorial which makes use of the Sedna XML Database and the Sedna XQJ Driver is now available!

Sedna XQJ API (BETA 1) released - 8/Sep/2009: An XQJ Driver for the Sedna XML Database is released for beta testing! It conforms to the XQJ Test Compatibility Kit provided by Oracle and supports binding of XQuery external variables in Java.

Sedna XML:DB API 1.2 released - 15/Feb/2009: The final version of the Sedna XML:DB API has been released, a high performance and rock solid driver for the Sedna XML Database.

Sedna XML:DB API 1.2 RC3 released - 2/Dec/2008: Very minor bug fixes, likely to be the last release candidate before 1.2 final.

Sedna XML:DB API 1.2 RC2 released - 26/Jul/2008: Minor bug fixes aswell as added functionality to perform XQueries against local and in-memory XML documents.

XML Databases - Business Article - 1/Jun/2008: Talks about the current state of Databases and data persistence, how the current Relational Database model is starting to crack at the seams and gives an insight into a strong alternative for today's requirements.

Sedna XML:DB API 1.2 RC1 released - 8/Jan/2008: Four new Services. With support for XQuery Modules and Indexes. User, Roles and Privilege management. Speed and memory usage improvements.

Sedna XML:DB API 1.1.4 released - 14/Dec/2007: Further bug fixes and error messages are no longer hard coded within compiled class files.

Sedna XML:DB API 1.1.2 released - 6/Dec/2007: Simple bug fix with Binary Resource retrieval.

CFoster.net revamped - 21/Nov/2007: This site is rebranded and relaunched built on top of XSL Transformations.

Sedna XML:DB API 1.1.1 released - 23/Oct/2007: Features bug fixes and memory usage reduction.

Sedna XML:DB API 1.1 released - 30/Sep/2007: Features many bug fixes, a Database Pooling Mechanism and the ability to add Custom Service plugins.

Sedna XML:DB API 1.0 Released - 22/Jul/2007: Java XML Database Client API based purely on the XML:DB (XAPI standard) for the Sedna XML Database is released.