At 10:53 PM 5/12/2002 -0400, Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:
>We need an XML query language, not a relational query language or an
>object query language. If the working group is really trying to develop
>combination XML/Relational/Object query language, then that explains a lot.
XQuery is an XML query language, and only an XML query language. It's input
is an instance of an XML data model, and so is its output.
The fact is, XML can represent the data and structures in relational and
object sources rather well. This means that XQuery is applicable to many
sources. It does not mean that these sources have leaked into the
definition of the language.
Jonathan
