The XQuery Data Model

The XQuery Data Model is based on the XML Information Set, often called the Infoset. The XML Information Set Recommendation is described at http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-infoset/.

The Infoset is intended to provide an abstract representation of XML documents (or the most important parts of them) and is intended for use by other XML specifications. The XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model will be built on the infoset.

The XQuery Functions and Operators

The XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators document lists, in abstract terms, are an extensive range of functions and operators that will be available for use in XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 (and also XSLT 2.0). Not every function needs to be used in any particular language. ...

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