BaseX offers a RESTful API for accessing distributed XML resources.
REST ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer REpresentational State Transfer])
facilitates a simple and fast access to databases through HTTP.The HTTP methods GET, PUT, DELETE, and POST can be applied used tointeract with the database.
The REST implementation has formerly been based on [http://jax-rx.sourceforge.net JAX-RX],