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First of all, launch a GUI instance of BaseX. Depending on your operating system, double-click on the '''BaseX GUI''' start icon or run the <code>basexgui</code> script. Beside that, some more [[Startup#BaseX GUI|startup options]] are available.
Select ''Database'' → ''New'' and browse to an XML document of your choice. As an example, you You can start with the {{Code|factbook.xml}} document, which contains statistical information on the worlds' countries. It is included in our full releases (in the {{Code|etc}} directory) and can also be [http://files.basex.org/xml/factbook.xml downloaded] (1.3 MB). If you type nothing in the input field, an empty database will be created. Next, choose the ''OK'' button, and the database will be created.
If no XML document is available, the [[#Text Editor|Text Editor]] can be used to create and edit XML documents. After saving the document to disk, it can be supplied as input for the creation of the database.
