XQuery Kick Start

XQuery Kick Start delivers a concise introduction to the XQuery standard, and useful implementation advice for developers needing to put it into practice. The book starts by explaining the role of XQuery in the XML family of specifications, and its relationship with XPath. The authors then explain the specification in detail, describing the semantics and data model, before moving to examples using XQuery to manipulate XML databases and document storage systems. Later chapters discuss Java implementations of XQuery and development tools that facilitate the development of Web sites with XQuery. This book is up to date with the latest XQuery specifications, and includes coverage of new features for extending the XQuery language.

Contents

• Introduction
• Part I XML Concepts
  • XML: The Foundation of XQuery
  • Understanding the XPath 20 Specification
• Part II The XQuery Language
  • XQuery Language Expressions
  • Extensions and Modular XQuery
  • XQuery Applications: Presentations, Graphics, and Syndication Feeds
  • Working with the XPath 20 Data Model
  • Understanding XQuery Semantics
  • XQuery and Databases
  • Advanced XQuery Topics
• Part III Using XQuery
  • Using Microsoft XQuery Services
  • Generating XML and HTML Using XQuery
  • Working with Java and XQuery
• Appendixes
  • A XML Fundamentals
  • B Other Sources of Information
  • Index