XQuery 1.0 is nearing completion

ABSTRACT

XQuery is a query language designed for querying real and virtual XML documents and collections of these documents. Its development began in the second half of 1999. We provided an early look at XQuery in Dec. 2002 [1]. XQuery 1.0 is now approaching its publication as a W3C Recommendation, and we would like to update you on its progress. We can speak to this area with even more authority than we did last time, as we both became co-chairs of the W3C XML Query Working Group [2] in summer 2004.

REFERENCES

• 1: Andrew Eisenberg , Jim Melton, An early look at XQuery, ACM SIGMOD Record, v.31 n.4, December 2002 [doi>10.1145/637411.637433]
• 2: W3C XML Query (XQuery), http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/.
• 3: W3C Technical Reports and Publications, http://www.w3.org/TR/.
• 4: XML Query Test Suite, http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/test-suite/.
• 5: XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition, Paul V. Biron and Ashok Malhotra, Oct. 28, 2004, http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/.
• 6: XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 Serialization, Michael Kay, et al, Nov. 3, 2005, http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt-xquery-serialization/.
• 7: XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Full-Text, Sihem Amer-Yahia, et al, Nov. 3, 2005, http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-full-text/.
• 8: XQuery Update Facility Requirements, Don Chamberlin and Jonathan Robie, June 3, 2005, http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-update-requirements/.
• 9: XML Syntax for XQuery 1.0, Jim Melton and Subramanian Muralidhar, Nov. 3, 2005, http://www.w3.org/TR/xqueryx/.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.2 DATABASE MANAGEMENT
      H.2.3 Languages
          Subjects: Query languages

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.3 Information Search and Retrieval
          Subjects: Query formulation

  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.7 DOCUMENT AND TEXT PROCESSING
      I.7.2 Document Preparation

          Nouns: XML

General Terms:
Design, Languages