"XQuery from the Experts" https://www.amazon.com/XQuery-Experts-Guide-Query-Language/dp/0321180607
A bit dated (2003), and probably only available second-hand, but there's a lot of material on the concepts and purpose and role of the language rather than just a tutorial or a reference manual. If you want a textbook to learn the language, on the other hand, Priscilla Walmsley is excellent: https://www.amazon.com/XQuery-Search-Across-Variety-Data/dp/1491915102 There's also a Michael Rys book but I haven't read it. Michael Kay Saxonica > On 3 Mar 2018, at 14:14, Benito van der Zander <ben...@benibela.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > occasionally I am asked, "What is XQuery? Why is it useful? Are there any > examples?", so I send the people to https://www.w3.org/TR/xquery/ and they > have trouble understanding it... > > So what are the best books and tutorials about XPath/XQuery for beginners ? > > > Cheers, > > Benito > _______________________________________________ > talk@x-query.com > http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk@x-query.com http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
