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 ===== DBAX -- Database XML web-service and client=====
-DBAX is a database utility program for communicating with a SQL database. It was designed to map XML data files to database tables and vice-versa, and to provide a generic XML-based web-service for database access. However, it can also move data in simple text column format into and out of database tables (or XML table files). 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 database has already been created and a SQL-server is running for for that database.
+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.
-Currently DBAX has been implemented for Postgres. For instructions on setting up a Postgres database, see [[jvs:dbax:postgres|Postgres]].
+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.
-DBAX can be used in 3 different ways:\\
+ * [[jvs:dbax:manual|DBAX Manual]]
-  * as a database client ([[jvs:dbax:databaseclient|see more]])
-  * as a DBAX web-service ([[jvs:dbax:dbaxserver|see more]])
-  * as a DBAX web-service client ([[jvs:dbax:dbaxclient|see more]]) This is the most useful.
-DBAX can be used for:
+For instructions on setting up a Postgres database, see [[jvs:dbax:postgres|Postgres]].
-  * managing (creating and removing) database tables - ([[jvs:dbax:managing|Managing]])
-  * viewing data in database tables - ([[jvs:dbax:view|Viewing]])
-  * importing/exporting database tables - ([[jvs:dbax:import|Importing]])
-  * editing database tables - ([[jvs:dbax:editing|Editing]])
-  * querying database tables - ([[jvs:dbax:queries|Queries]])
-  * backing-up database tables - ([[jvs:dbax:backup|Backup]])
+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]]

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