Unless BaseX is deployed as servlet, the location of the web application directory can be adjusted via the {{Option|WEBPATH}} option, and compression can be enabled via {{Option|GZIP}}.
Initial Further database options can be specified in the {{Code|web.xml}} file. They need to be defined as context parameters and prefixed with {{Code|org.basex.}}. The most important options for the web application context are as follows:
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