XML Query News History

For the more recent news, see the XML-Query home page.

15th September 2005: New documents published, so that the public can review changes made in response to Last Call comments:
- XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 2.0
- XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language
- XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0
- XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model
- XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators
- XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 Serialization
- XML Syntax for XQuery 1.0 (XQueryX)
- XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Formal Semantics
- XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Full-Text Use Cases
- Also published are the following updated Working Drafts which have not yet reached Last Call:
  - XML Query Use Cases
  - XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Full-Text
8th September 2005: Mike Kay's Tutorial on XQuery ("Learn XQuery in 10 Minutes") added.
11th August 2005: RainingData introduces TigerLogic XDMS XML Data Management Server for Sun Solaris and Microsoft Windows. Commercial, with free evaluation.
10th August 2005: First release of XQuery Test Suite
21st July 2005: Mark Logic Introduces MarkLogic Server 3.0
1st July 2005: Ipedo releases Dual-Core SQL/XQuery Engine
23rd June 2005: BEA ships new release of their AquaLogic Data Services Platform, formerly called Liquid Data.
14th June 2005: New documents published:

XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Formal Semantics (Last Call Working Draft), XML Query (XQuery) Requirements, XQuery Update Facility Requirements and XPath Requirements Version 2.0.
30th May 2005: New open source implementation, MonetDB/XQuery.
18th May 2005: DataDirect XQuery now in beta test.
12th May 2005: XQuery subset with implementation (Blixem) from the University of Antwerp added.
25th April 2005: diffs from previous versions of the documents are now available.
4th April 2005: New public Last Call Working Drafts (Last Call where marked [LC]): XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0 [LC], XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model [LC], # XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators [LC], XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 Serialization [LC], XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 2.0 (by the XSL WG) [LC], XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language [LC], XML Syntax for XQuery 1.0 (XQueryX) [LC], and also: XML Query Use Cases, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Full-Text Use Cases, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Full-Text, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Formal Semantics and (a new document) Building a Tokenizer for XPath or XQuery.
8th March 2005: New implementation of XQuery (DataDirect XQuery) added.
11th Feb 2005: New public Working Drafts of the Data Model, Functions and Operators, XPath 2, XML Query, Query Use Cases, XQueryX, XQuery/XSLT2 Serialization, XQuery/XPath Formal Semantics, and also (by the XSL WG) XSLT 2.
11th Feb 2005: First Public Working Draft of the XQuery Update Facility Requirements.
21 Oct 2004: New implementation of XQuery (Berkeley Lab's Nux) added.
7th Jan 2005: Release candidate (nux-1.0rc1) of nux (open-source extention adding XQuery and Saxon support to XOM via Saxon 8.2) (updated)
16 Dec 2004: Tutorial on XQuery ("Essential XQuery - The XML Query Language") added.

14 Dec 2004: New implementation of XQuery (Sleepycat's Berkeley DB XML 2.0), an open-source native XML database, added.
10 Dec 2004: Article on XQuery ("A Light but Formal Introduction to XQuery") added.
6 Dec 2004: updated latest DIFF of the "XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators" specification, so to make it more compatible with Internet Explorer.
29 Oct 2004: release of the XQuery 1.0, XPath2.0, XQuery1/XPath2 Data Model, XQuery1/Xpath2 Functions and Operators, XSLT2/XQuery1 serialization specifications. Also with DIFFs and Grammar Test Pages.
21 Oct 2004: New implementation of XQuery (Berkeley Lab's Nux) added.
14 Oct 2004: New implementation of XQuery (Xpriori's NeoCore XMS) added.
14 Oct 2004: New implementation of XQuery (Microsoft's SQL Server 2005 Express) added.
13 Oct 2004: New implementation of XQuery (Blackpearl's Blackpearl 4 platform) added.
14 Sep 2004: Article/tutorial on XQuery ("Using XQuery in ASP.NET") added.
13 September 2004: Updated release (v2.0) of the OrientX implementation (including better XQuery support, updates).
8 Sep 2004: New book on XPath 2.0 ("XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference") added.
6 September 2004: Updated site reference to the Galax implementation.
21 August 2004: Updated implementation of Qizx/open (v0.4) is available: new features include a GUI, SQL connection, extension functions, conformance to the latest XQuery syntax.
8 Aug 2004: Updated the W3C's Grammar Test Pages
26 Jul 2004: Updated release of the XQuery 1.0, XPath2.0, XQuery1/XPath2 Data Model, XQuery1/Xpath2 Functions and Operators specifications.
9 Jul 2004: New release of the XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Full-Text specification.
9 Jul 2004: updated release of the XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Full-Text Use Cases specification.
20 Jul 2004: Mark Logic implementation added
23 Jun 2004: Modification to the Saxon implementation entry added.
16 Jun 2004: Updated Oracle's XQuery technologies entry.
28 May 2004: New jEdit XQuery adapter plugin (alpha release) is available.
23 May 2004: New implementation of XQuery (OrientX) added.
8 May 2004: New book on XQuery ("XQuery: The XML Query Language") added.
14 April 2004: New implementation of XQuery (Sedna) added.
10 April 2004: Updated implementation of Qizx/open (v0.3_01) is available.
2 Mar 2004: New implementation of XQuery (eXist) added.
1 Mar 2004: New implementation of XQuery (Xpeerion) added
20 Feb 2004: updated release of the "XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Formal Semantics" specification, which goes to LAST CALL (Last Call ends 15 Apr 2004).
13 Jan 2004: New article on XQuery ("Learn XQuery and ASP.NET Tutorial") added.
19 Dec 2003: updated release of the "XML Syntax for XQuery 1.0 (XQueryX)" specification
18 Dec 2003: Fatdog's XQEngine moves to open source (Sourceforge)
18 Dec 2003: Updated versions of the W3C Grammar Test Pages are available.
1 Dec 2003: New XQuark Bridge and XQuark Fusion implementations added.
12 November 2003: "XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model", "XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators", "XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0", "XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language" and "XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 Serialization" are updated and go to LAST CALL (Last Call ends 15 Feb 2004)!
12 November 2003: "XML Query (XQuery) Requirements", "XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Formal Semantics" and "XML Query Use Cases" specifications updated.
1 Nov 2003: New VIM syntax coloring for XQuery added.
31 Oct 2003: New article on XQuery ("XQuery Implementation") added.
18 Oct 2003: New automated test platform ("BumbleBee") for XQuery is available.
29 Sep 2003: New article on XQuery ("XQuery: A Guided Tour") added.
22 Sep 2003: New book on XQuery ("XQuery from the Experts: A Guide to the W3C XML Query Language") added.
19 Sept 2003: Updated implementation of Qizx/open (v0.2) is available.
9 Sept 2003: New implementation of XQuery (RainbowCore) added.
28 August 2003: DIFF versions now available for the latest XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 August 2003 Working Drafts
22 August 2003: Five (updated) working drafts published (XPath 2.0, XQuery 1.0, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Formal Semantics, XQuery Use Cases, XPath 2.0 Requirements)
20 Aug 2003 New implementation of XQuery (Qizx/Open) added.
20 Aug 2003: Two articles on XQuery ("Interactive Web Applications with XQuery" and "Processing RSS"") added.
31 Jul 2003: Article on XQuery ("X Is for XQuery") added.
27 Jul 2003: New article on XQuery ("XQuery 1.0: Primer") added.
26 Jul 2003: New article on XQuery ("XQuery, the Query Language of the Future") added.
11 Jul 2003 New version of Sonic Software's (former eXcelon) Stylus Studio (5.0)
2 Jul 2003: New XQuery Functions and Operators test suite (NIST) added
27 Jun 2003: New version of the XML Query (XQuery) Requirements published.
24 Jun 2003: New implementation of XQuery (Saxon) added.
23 Jun 2003: New implementation of XQuery (XQBE) added.
16 Jun 2003: Updated version of Qexo (1.7).
17 Jun 2003: New implementation of XQuery (NeoCore's XMS) added.
13 Jun 2003: New article on XQuery ("Writing and Debugging XQuery Web Apps with Qexo") added.
11 Jun 2003: Launched a Java Specification Request for an XQuery API for Java (XQJ)
24 May 2003: The errata for the XQuery Requirements document have been published.
15 May 2003: Ipedo announces the latest version of its XML Information Hub, with support of XQuery modules.
15 May 2003: New article on XQuery ("Five Practical XQuery Applications") added.
2 May 2003: Ten NEW working drafts published (two going to LAST CALL, one new, seven updates)
2 May 2003: The NEW Xpath and XQuery Grammar pages have been updated to conform to the latest specifications.
2 May 2003: NEW "DIFF" versions are available for the Data Model, XQuery, and XPath2 specifications.
7 Apr 2003: New XML Query Demo (part of Software AG's Tamino) added
24 Mar 2003: New implementation of XQuery (Cerisent's XQE) added
21 Mar 2003: New implementation of XQuery (Bluestream Database Software Corp.'s XStreamDB) added
11 Mar 2003: New implementation of XQuery (Software AG's Tamino XML Server) added
4 Mar 2003: New implementation of XQuery (BEA's Liquid System) added
3 Mar 2003: New implementation of XQuery (XQuery lite) added
1 Mar 2003: Two books on XQuery added.
26 Feb 2003: New "diff" versions are available for the Use Cases, Functions and Operators, XQuery and Xpath2 specifications.
14 Feb 2003: two new Working Drafts published (Full-Text Requirements and Use Cases)
3 Feb 2003: New Qexo online sandbox for XQuery is available.
21 Jan 2003: New XQuery implementation project added (JXQuery)

Created: 29 Jun 2003 by Massimo.
Last updated: $Date: 2006/03/17 01:46:48 $ by $Author: liam $