MarkLogic Server is a

document-oriented database A document-oriented database, or document store, is a computer program and data storage system designed for storing, retrieving and managing document-oriented information, also known as semi-structured data. Document-oriented databases are one ...

developed by

MarkLogic MarkLogic Corporation is an American software business that develops and provides an enterprise NoSQL database, also named ''MarkLogic''. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in San Carlos, California. MarkLogic is a privately held compa ...

. It is a

NoSQL A NoSQL (originally referring to "non- SQL" or "non-relational") database provides a mechanism for storage and retrieval of data that is modeled in means other than the tabular relations used in relational databases. Such databases have existed ...

multi-model database In the field of database design, a multi-model database is a database management system designed to support multiple data models against a single, integrated backend. In contrast, most database management systems are organized around a single data ...

that evolved from an XML database to natively store

JSON JSON (JavaScript Object Notation, pronounced ; also ) is an open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and arrays (or other s ...

documents and

RDF triple A semantic triple, or RDF triple or simply triple, is the atomic data entity in the Resource Description Framework (RDF) data model. As its name indicates, a triple is a set of three entities that codifies a statement about semantic data in the f ...

s, the data model for semantics. MarkLogic is designed to be a data hub for operational and analytical data.

History

MarkLogic Server was built to address shortcomings with existing search and data products. The product first focused on using

XML Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. ...

as the document markup standard and

XQuery XQuery (XML Query) is a query and functional programming language that queries and transforms collections of structured and unstructured data, usually in the form of XML, text and with vendor-specific extensions for other data formats (JSON, bi ...

as the query standard for accessing collections of documents up to hundreds of terabytes in size. Currently the MarkLogic platform is widely used in publishing, government, finance and other sectors. MarkLogic's customers are mostly Global 2000 companies.

Technology

MarkLogic uses documents without upfront schemas to maintain a flexible data model. In addition to having a flexible data model, MarkLogic uses a distributed, scale-out architecture that can handle hundreds of billions of documents and hundreds of terabytes of data. It has received Common Criteria certification, and has

high availability High availability (HA) is a characteristic of a system which aims to ensure an agreed level of operational performance, usually uptime, for a higher than normal period. Modernization has resulted in an increased reliance on these systems. F ...

and

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. MarkLogic is designed to run on-premises and within public or private cloud environments like

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Features

; Indexing MarkLogic indexes the content and structure of documents including words, phrases, relationships, and values in over 200 languages with tokenization, collation, and stemming for core languages. Functionality includes the ability to toggle range indexes, geospatial indexes, the RDF triple index, and reverse indexes on or off based on your data, the kinds of queries that you will run, and your desired performance. ;

Full-text search In text retrieval, full-text search refers to techniques for searching a single computer-stored document or a collection in a full-text database. Full-text search is distinguished from searches based on metadata or on parts of the original tex ...

MarkLogic supports search across its data and metadata using a word or phrase and incorporates

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, stemming, wildcards, case sensitivity, punctuation sensitivity, diacritic sensitivity, and search term weighting. Data can be searched using JavaScript, XQuery, SPARQL, and SQL.

Semantics Semantics (from grc, σημαντικός ''sēmantikós'', "significant") is the study of reference, meaning, or truth. The term can be used to refer to subfields of several distinct disciplines, including philosophy, linguistics and compu ...

MarkLogic uses RDF triples to provide semantics for ease of storing metadata and querying. ACID Unlike other NoSQL databases, MarkLogic maintains ACID consistency for transactions. ; Replication MarkLogic provides high availability with replica sets. ;

Scalability Scalability is the property of a system to handle a growing amount of work by adding resources to the system. In an economic context, a scalable business model implies that a company can increase sales given increased resources. For example, a ...

MarkLogic scales horizontally using sharding. MarkLogic can run over multiple servers, balancing the load or replicating data to keep the system up and running in the event of hardware failure. Security MarkLogic has built in security features such as element-level permissions and data redaction. Optic API for Relational Operations An API that lets developers view their data as documents, graphs or rows.

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MarkLogic provides redaction, encryption, and element-level security (allowing for control on read and write rights on parts of a document).

Applications

Banking A bank is a financial institution that accepts Deposit account, deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital m ...

* Big Data *

Fraud prevention In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrator to avoid the fraud or recover monetary compen ...

* Insurance Claims Management and Underwriting * Master data management * Recommendation engines

Licensing

MarkLogic is available under various licensing and delivery models, namely a free ''Developer'' or an ''Essential Enterprise'' license. Licenses are available from MarkLogic or directly from cloud marketplaces such as

and Microsoft Azure.

Releases

* 2003—Cerisent XQE 1.0 * 2004—Cerisent XQE 2.0 * 2005—MarkLogic Server 3.0 * 2006—MarkLogic Server 3.1 * 2007—MarkLogic Server 3.2 * 2008—MarkLogic Server 4.0 * 2009—MarkLogic Server 4.1 * 2010—MarkLogic Server 4.2 * 2011—MarkLogic Server 5.0 * 2012—MarkLogic Server 6.0 * 2013—MarkLogic Server 7.0 * 2015—MarkLogic Server 8.0: Ability to store

data and process data using

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. * 2017—MarkLogic Server 9.0: Data integration across Relational and Non-Relational data. * 2017—MarkLogic Server 10.0

References

{{reflist Triplestores XML databases Document-oriented databases NoSQL Data management