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between 2005 and 2006. It is based on SARA,
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. Xaira has been redeveloped as a generic

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system for constructing query-systems for any kind of XML data, in particular for use with TEI. The current Windows implementation is intended for non-specialist users. A more sophisticated and open-source version is currently under development. This version supports cross-platform working using standards such as

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and

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External links

Home page

Preliminary documentation

Sourceforge site
Xaira: an XML Aware Indexing and Retrieval Architecture - Lou Burnard
The British National Corpus

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