TheW3C web standards
body has approved new protocols and tools to help integrate
databases and XML
language processes.
XQuery, XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 already enjoy broad
implementation in industry products from Data Direct, IBM,
Innovomax, Mark Logic and Microsoft, as well as open source
software, but the W3C is now pushing for wider adoption.
As a result, based on widespread implementation experience and
feedback from users and suppliers, W3C has published eight new
standards in the XML family to support the ability to query,
transform, and access XML data and documents.
The primary specifications are XQuery 1.0, an XML Query
Language; XSL Transformations (XSLT) 2.0; and XML Path Language
(XPath) 2.0.
W3C said these new web standards will play a significant role in
enterprise computing by connecting databases with the web.
XQuery allows data mining of everything from memos and web
service messages to multi-terabyte relational databases.
XSLT 2.0 adds new functionality to the already widely deployed
XSLT 1.0 solution, which enables the transformation and styled
presentation of XML documents.
Both specifications rely on the XPath 2.0 tool, also now
significantly improved from its previous version.
More details are available at the W3C website:
http://www.w3.org/
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