XQuery Kick Start

Annotation Covers the official XQuery specification allowing developers to perform queries to easily locate information within XML data. Co-written by members of the W3C XQuery development team. XQuery is to XML as SQL is to databases. With XQuery, developers may perform queries to easily locate information within XML data. Goes beyond the W3C specification, including practical examples of XQuery development in both Java and Microsoft environments. As more developers use XML to store and define data in their applications, they need tools to process and manipulate it. XQuery is the official World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specification for an XML query language. The final version of XQuery is expected at the end of 2002, and developers will crave information and useful implementation advice about this new XML tool. Xquery Kick Startwill deliver both - covering the full specification and providing useful examples for developers to put into practice immediately. The book starts by explaining the roll of XQuery in the XML family of specifications, and its very direct relationship to XPath. The author then explain the specification in detail, describing the semantics and data model, before moving to examples of XQuerys use in manipulating XML databases and document storage systems. Later chapters discuss the .NET and Java implementations of XQuery and discuss development tools that facilitate XQuery development. James McGovernleads a team of experts including Vaidyanathan Nagarajanand Per Bothner, both members of the W3C XQuery team. Bothner also worked at Cyngus, where he developed many common GNU tools in use today. The authors have contributed to more than a dozen books on related technologies, including Professional XSL(Wrox), Early Adopter XQuery(Wrox), and Professional JMS(Wrox). Theyve written hundreds of columns and articles in Java Developers Journal, Java World, and elsewhere. As XQuery insiders, theyll give insight into the creation of the specification and foreknowledge of upcoming developments.