Re: [xml-dev] [ANN] XQuery Update Facility 1.0 published as Last Call WD

Yee hah!

It's fun doing new work again in the XML Query Working Group.

Jonathan

Andrew Eisenberg wrote:
>
> The W3C XML Query WG published the following documents as Last Call 
> WDs early last week:
>
>         XQuery Update Facility 1.0
>        http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-update-10/
>
>         XQuery Update Facility 1.0 Requirements
>        http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-update-10-requirements/
>
>         XQuery Update Facility 1.0 Use Cases
>        http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-update-10-use-cases/
>
> The XQuery Update Facility abstract says:
>
>         "This document defines an update facility that extends the XML 
> Query language,
>         XQuery. The XQuery Update Facility provides expressions that 
> can be used to
>         make persistent changes to instances of the XQuery 1.0 and 
> XPath 2.0 Data
>         Model."
>
> The XQuery Update Facility adds 4 new updating expressions to XQuery 
> 1.0; insert, replace, rename, and delete. These expressions modify 
> instances of the XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model (XDM). The XQuery 
> Update Facility also adds a non-updating expression, transform, which 
> returns an XDM instance that has been created by copying existing XDM 
> instances and then modifying them.
>
> The review period for these Last Call WDs ends on Oct. 31, 2007. The 
> status section of each document specifies how you can provide comments 
> to us.
>
>                                                 -- Andrew
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