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New databases can either be created in the GUI, on command line, or using any of our [[APIs]]. XML documents can be specified along with the create operation, which will be added to the database in a bulk operation:

Database must follow the [[Valid Names|valid names constraints]].

Once you have created a database, additional commands exist to modify its contents:

Last but not least, XML documents can also be added via the GUI and the ''Database'' menu.

Stored resources and external documents can be accessed in different ways:

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The {{Mono|fn:document-uri()}} and {{Mono|fn:base-uri()}} functions returns paths that can be reused as arguments for the {{Mono|fn:doc()}} and {{Mono|fn:collection()}} functions.

* XQuery: <code>db:retrieve("dbname", "path/to/docs")</code> returns raw files in their Base64 representation. By choosing <code>"method=raw"</code> as [[Serialization|Serialization Option]], the data is returned in its original byte representation:

* Commands: <code>[[Commands#RETRIEVE|RETRIEVE]]</code> returns raw files without modifications.

* With [[REST]] and [[WebDAV]], all database resources can be requested in a uniform way, no matter if they are well-formed XML documents or binary files.

All resources stored in a database can be ''exported'', i.e., written back to disk. This can be done in several ways:

* GUI: Go to ''Database'' → ''Export'', choose the target directory and press ''OK''

* WebDAV: Locate the database directory (or a sub-directory of it) and copy all contents to another location

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