XML-Query - slide "XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators"

A major extension of the current XPath 1.0 operator and function set
Handling XML Schema datatypes
- datatype specific operators (comparisons, numerical operators
- date and time management fuctions
- constructors from strings to XML concepts (eg, xf:IDREF, normalization)
- node operations
- (namespace) QName management functions
- XPath 1.0 had about 30 functions and operators, this version has more than 100 (!)
Used by XPath 2.0 and XQuery 1.0