Why should I care about XML Query?
by Liam Quin

Table of contents

• Why should I care about XML Query?
• Why should I care about XML Query?
• Quick Background: what is XML Query?
• A Query Language
• Search XML Documents
• Search anything that can be represented as XML
• Seach Collections
• Transform and produce XML or text
• Functional Language
• Who else cares?
• The Structure Pie
• What can I do with it?
• How does it compare with SQL
• How does it compare with XSLT 1.0?
• Example: Image searching
• Example: Architecture
• Example: The Query
• Example: The Query (2/2)
• Example: Discussion
• Challenging Web Designer Culture?
• Saving Costs?
• Faster to Market?
• If it's good enough for Mrs Jones...