XQuery
Proper noun
Meaning
XQuery
(computing) A query language designed to query collections of XML data
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Because of the popularity of XML, XQuery engines compete with object databases as a vehicle for storage of data that is too complex or variable to hold conveniently in a relational database.
Many of these systems also support the XQuery query language to retrieve datasets.
The Berkeley DB XML database specializes in the storage of XML documents, supporting XQuery via XQilla.
His project has built a large set of tools to work with XQuery++ in a variety of APIs from a number of programming languages.
However, the last of these, which will use XQuery, has not been announced yet, as it is awaiting the final definition of the XQuery standard."
On the XML side, Altova has incorporated an XQuery debugger.