[ANN] XQuery Update Facility 1.0 published as Last Call WD

[Andrew Eisenberg <andrew.eisenberg@us.ibm.com>]

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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