XQuery 1.0
- Functional, strongly typed
query language
- XQuery 1.0 = XPath 2.0 +
A few more expressions
- for-let-where-return (FLWR)
- sort-by
- XML construction
(Transformation)
- Operators on types
(Compile & run-time type tests)
+ User-defined functions
- Modularize large
queries
- Process recursive
data
+ Strong typing
- Guarantees result
value conforms to output type
- Enforced statically
or dynamically