> > Second: Do you actually want to use a relational database?
> Once you did
> > the first step, preferrably combined with some basic
> normalization, you
> have
> > typically avoided the most important limitations of XML databases.
>
> Are you referring to speed issues here?
For example.
> This is the one that
> I was worrying
> about - to import my xml as objects with JAXB implies reading
> in the whole
> document when I might not need *all* of the data to be loaded..
Yes, but you can still use JAXB if your virtual document is split
into pieces.
Jochen