XQuery from the Experts(c) A Guide to the W3C XML Query Language

Beginning ASP.NET Databases Using VB.NET

ISBN: N/A
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2005
Pages: 102

Authors: John Kauffman, Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati, Brian Matsik, Eric N. Mintz, Jan D. Narkiewicz, Kent Tegels, Donald Xie, John West, Jesudas Chinnathampi, James Greenwood

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Main Page
Table of content
Copyright
Preface
This Book
Who Should Read This Book?
Organization and Roadmap
Software
Cover Photograph
Ongoing
Contributors
Don Chamberlin
Denise Draper
Mary Fernndez
Howard Katz
Michael Kay
Jonathan Robie
Michael Rys
Jrme Simon
Jim Tivy
Philip Wadler
Acknowledgments
Part I: Basics
Chapter 1. XQuery: A Guided Tour
Sample Data: A Bibliography
Data Model
Literals and Comments
Input Functions
Locating Nodes: Path Expressions
Creating Nodes: Element, Attribute, and Document Constructors
Combining and Restructuring Nodes
Operators
Built-in Functions
User-Defined Functions
Variable Definitions
Library Modules
External Functions and Variables
Types in XQuery
Summary
Part II: Background
Chapter 2. Influences on the Design of XQuery
The Need for an XML Query Language
Basic Principles
The Query Data Model
Related Languages and Standards
Watershed Issues
Conclusion
Chapter 3. XQuery, XPath, and XSLT
XSLT: A Quick Introduction
XPath 1.0
Why Was a New Query Language Needed?
Convergence: XPath 2.0
XSLT and XQuery Compared
Optimization Techniques
Conclusion
Part III: Formal Underpinnings
Chapter 4. Static Typing in XQuery
The Benefits of Static Typing
An XQuery Programming Scenario
Getting Started with Types
Literals and Operators
Variables
Functions
Conditionals
Path Expressions
Predicates
FLWOR Expressions
Element Construction
Validation Context
Validation Mode
A Final Example: Grouping
Conclusions
Chapter 5. Introduction to the Formal Semantics
The Benefits of a Formal Semantics
Getting Started with the Formal Semantics
Learning More about XQuery
The Forest through the Trees
Part IV: Databases
Chapter 6. Mapping between XML and Relational Data
Framing the Problem
LOB or Compose?
Composition Techniques: Common Concepts
Composition Techniques: Examples
Shredding
Implementation Concepts
Conclusion
Chapter 7. Integrating XQuery and Relational Database Systems
Getting Started
Relational Storage of XML: The XML Type
Integrating XQuery and SQL: Querying XML Datatypes
Physical Mappings of XQuery
Top-Level XQuery
Conclusion and Issues
Chapter 8. A Native XML DBMS
What Is XML Data?
Interfaces to a Native XML Database
Full-Text Search in a Native XML Database
Sample Applications
Conclusion
References
Glossary