xml-dev - RE: [xml-dev] Is an XQuery Document an XML Document?

RE: [xml-dev] Is an XQuery Document an XML Document?

> Okay, I give up. Which is it? XML or not? If it's not XML then why is it called "XML Query Language"? /Roger

The XML Query grammar is neither a superset nor a subset of the XML grammar, though there is a large intersection between the two.

It is called an XML Query language because it is a language for performing queries against XML documents.

Michael Kay

http://www.saxonica.com/

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References:
- Is an XQuery Document an XML Document?
  - From: "Roger L. Costello" <costello@mitre.org>