RE: [xml-dev] Results of Open XML balloting at INCITS

From
Michael Kay <>
To
'Rick Jelliffe' <>,
Date
2007-08-14T23:58:12Z
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RE: [xml-dev] Results of Open XML balloting at INCITS
> I see that Oracle supports XQuery as well as SQL now. What 
> are the clear criteria for someone to use when choosing 
> between W3C XQuery and ISO SQL?

That's like asking how do you choose between email and file transfer. Having
two standards for the same thing is bad; having two standards for different
things is fine, even if there are some applications that could be built
using either technology.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/