I've been working on POMStrap POM/Maven Application Boostrap. Right now the version 1.0 is now available via POMStrap site.

1.1 version supports XPath 2.0 XQuery 1.0, and XUpdate. Many bugs have been fixed (especially in namespace handling). This release include HSQLDB in memory config file to run the XML Persistence in standalone mode.

This version now contain a HSQLDB standalone version. Support for XQuery 1.0 and XPath2.0 via Saxon 7.8 is in progress.

XMLPersistance 1.0 is now available. This is the first public release and provide basic DOM persistence feature.