Release 7.2.1: The Spring Edition

Dear all, once more, we are proud to announce a new version of BaseX! And once more, we can provide you with a whole bunch of new features: * Our value indexes now support string-based range queries: http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Indexes#Value_Indexes A big thank you to our sponsors who made this possible! * Our new XQJ API is based on Charles Foster's implementation. It fully utilizes the client/server architecture: http://xqj.net/basex * Import of XQuery modules has been simplified: http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Repository * Simplified invocation of Java code from XQuery: http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Java_Bindings * Full support for the XQuery 3.0 Regular Expressions syntax: http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions-30/#regex-syntax * Updating functions can now return values: http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Database_Module#db:output * Unified handling of document and database URIs: http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Databases#Access_Resources * Pinning of opened database replaced by filesystem locking: http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Transaction_Management#Locking * REST, RESTXQ, WebDav: concurrency issues fixed As usual, we are looking to your feedback. Have fun, Christian BaseX Team http://basex.org