XQuery training course

Analysis of XQuery

What kind of language is XQuery?
How does it relate to XPath 2.0
What is it used for?
How can it be deployed?
Types of XQuery products
XQuery and SQL co-existence

Practical XQuery coding exercises

A reporting application, analyzing the results of a sports tournament, where the emphasis is on selecting data using Path expressions

Presentation

By comparison, a presentation of what's new in XSLT 2.0 including XSLT solutions to the previous two scenarios.

Presentation of the XQuery data model

The objective is to establish the foundational concepts of the languages needed to underpin the next stage of of practical learning. Illustration of the role that the data model plays in integrating XQuery into web-based applications.

Practical XQuery coding exercises

A recursive function to display the table of contents of a document with a nested section structure

A transformation exercise to extract indexing terms from a document and construct a concordance

Presentation

An introduction to XML Schema and its role in both validation and as a type system for XQuery and XSLT 2.0. Advantages and disadvantages of using XML Schemas when writing queries.

 Presentation

Schema-aware XQuery processing and advantages of XML Schemas when writing queries. Overview of multiple modules in XQuery

Practical XQuery coding exercises

Text processing using regular expression -a practical "up-conversion" exercise, locating patterns of text within an input document and adding markup to the document#

A reporting exercise involving grouping, eg. Producing a sales report by calendar quarter and region.

XQuery discussion and summary

An opportunity to review what has been learnt and how the knowledge can be applied in the client's project. This will typically include a discussion of the role of XQuery alongside other technologies.