Declarative XML Processing with XQuery (the future of SQL and XML?)

From: knorth <ken_north_at_compuserve.com>
Date: 4 Nov 2005 16:13:19 -0800
Message-ID: <1131149599.440143.94530@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

An upcoming version of SQL will support embedding XQuery in SQL and vice-versa.

Dr. Daniela Florescu of Oracle, co-editor of the W3C XQuery spec, has proposed a direction the industry should be taking with XML and XQuery processing:

http://www.webservicessummit.com/People/DFlorescu.htm#DeclarativeXML

Dana describes XML as more than a technology for documentation and data interchange. She suggests we haven't exploited XML to its fullest potential. Dana emphasizes the use of declarative programming instead of processing XML with imperative or procedural techniques. Received on Fri Nov 04 2005 - 18:13:19 CST