===== DBAX -- Database XML web-service and client=====

DBAX was designed for organizing imaging data (e.g. MRI) and related behavioral or clinical data, into a relational database. DBAX is a utility program for communicating with a standard SQL database. It was originally designed to provide a simple interface for mapping XML data files (or Excel-type table files) to database tables and vice-versa; this makes it easy for users to specify their own table structures and then import data into the database without doing any database programming. DBAX also provides a generic XML-based web-service for database access; this allows other programs to interact with the relational database simply by sending XML commands via a web interface. 

DBAX itself is not a database program -- it simply acts as a user-interface for accessing a database (e.g. Postgres).  At a minimum DBAX expects that a standard database has already been created and a SQL-server is running for that database. Currently DBAX has been implemented for Postgres.

 * [[jvs:dbax:manual|DBAX Manual]]

For instructions on setting up a Postgres database, see [[jvs:dbax:postgres|Postgres]]. 

DBAX can be used in 3 different ways:\\
  * as a [[jvs:dbax:manual:chapter1:databaseclient|Database Client]] -- Talks directly to the database
  * as a [[jvs:dbax:manual:chapter1:webserver|DBAX Web-Service]] -- Lets web clients talk to the database via an XML-based network interface
  * as a [[jvs:dbax:manual:chapter1:webclient|DBAX Web-Client]] -- A web client for talking to the DBAX server
 
DBAX can be used for:
  * managing (creating and removing) database tables - ([[jvs:dbax:manual:chapter1:managing|Managing]])
  * viewing data in database tables - ([[jvs:dbax:manual:chapter1:viewing|Viewing]])
  * importing/exporting database tables - ([[jvs:dbax:manual:chapter1:importing|Importing]])
  * editing database tables - ([[jvs:dbax:manual:chapter1:editing|Editing]])
  * querying database tables - ([[jvs:dbax:manual:chapter1:queries|Queries]])
  * backing-up database tables - ([[jvs:dbax:manual:chapter1:backup|Backup]])

**See also**\\
[[jvs:|JVS Home]],[[jvs:fscan|fScan]]