Xquery from the Experts: A Guide to the W3c XML Query Language
Howard Katz, Donald D. Chamberlin, Michael Kay, Philip L. Wadler, Denise L. Draper · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 2003
From the Publisher: With the proliferation of XML among corporate IT departments, academic research institutions, and programming operations everywhere, there is a growing need for an XML search and transformation standard with more functionality than Google or XSLT. Enter XQuery. Backed by the full weight of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), is being extremely well received by the IT community worldwide. unlike its predecessors, has the versatility to manipulate both XML and non-XML data and provides a valuable connection between the world of XML and relational databases. In from the Experts, select members of the W3C's XML Query working group come together to discuss every facet of XQuery. From Jonathan Robie's introductory XQuery: Guided Tour to Mary Fernandez's Discussion of Formal Semantics, is revealed in a way that both novice programmers and industry experts can appreciate. Edited by long-time XML expert and programmer Howard Katz, coverage ranges from strictly technical chapters to historical essays such as Michael Kay's XQuery and XSLT, which explores the common ancestry of both languages, and Don Chamberlin's Influences on the Design of XQuery, which details the process behind XQuery's design. Key coverage includes: Denise Draper on Mapping Between XML and Relational Data Michael Rys exploring Integrating and Relational Database Systems Jim Tivy's analysis of A Native XML DBMS Phil Wadler, Jerome Simeon, and Mary Fernandez presenting Static Typing in XQuery Information presented in both a tutorial and a reference framework for use by XML professionals of anylevel For IT managers, professionals, programmers, or anyone involved with XML, from the Experts is an invaluable resource.