
This is Qizx/open version 0.3, 
 an implementation of XML Query (Working Draft Nov 2003) in Java.

Installing Qizx/open
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The installation of Qizx/open is straightforward, provided that Java 1.4 
is already installed (JRE 1.4.2 recommended).

   1. Unpack the qizxopen-0.3.zip or qizxopen-0.3.tar.gz archives in the desired directory,
      if not yet done.

   2. You should find the following files:

        * A short help in the file README.txt (this file)
        * LICENSE.txt: the applicable license (GNU Public License).
        * documentation in directory docs.
        * qizxopen.jar : an executable jar that can be invoked 
	  directly as a command-line tool.
        * directory net and subdirectories: the Java source code. 
          See the LICENSE.txt file for information about use conditions.
	* build.xml: a Ant file for rebuilding qizxopen.jar 
          and the XQuery Server demo xqserver.war


Running Qizx/open
-----------------

Qizx/open can execute a query contained in a file, or work in
interactive mode.

To execute a query file 'myquery.xq':

   java -jar qizxopen.jar myquery.xq

To start in interactive mode:

   java -jar qizxopen.jar


The following command will print a usage message:

   java -jar qizxopen.jar -help

(see the User Guide in directory docs for more details). 
