An abstract model which binds XML Query into the family of XML Recommendations.
- Two major goals:
- defines the information input to an XSLT or XQuery processor
- is at the basis of the XSLT 2.0, XPath 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 languages
- It contains the XML Infoset plus:
- usage of functions/operators (eg,
xf:get-local-name)
- infoset items are enriched with accessors
- Developed jointly with the XSL Working Group
