XQuery summary

May 28, 2021 XQuery

You've learned XQuery, so what's next?

By the end of this section, you've learned about XQuery, and this section is a summary of that knowledge.

This tutorial has shown you how to query XML data.

As you already know, XQuery is designed to query any data that exists in XML form, including databases.

You also learned how to query XML data using FLWOR expressions, and how to construct XHTML output from selected data.

For more information about XQuery, read our XQuery Reference Manual.

The next step is to learn XLink and XPointer.

Links in XML are divided into two parts: XLink and XPointer.

XLink and XPointer define a standard way to create hyperlinks in XML documents.

If you'd like to learn more about XLink and XPointer, visit our XLink and XPointer tutorials.

In the next section, you'll learn about the reference manual for XQuery.