PB138/07 - Modern Markup
Languages and Their Applications
Lab 04 [16.03.2020]
XQuery
Bruno Rossi
Department of Computer Systems and Communications,
Lasaris (Lab of Software Architectures and Information Systems)
Masaryk University, Brno
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(optional) File 04-help-files.zip contains some helper files: 1. Saxon
library to run xqueries, 2. run.sh (you can replace file values inside to run
the conversion), 3. xq-sample, some sample queries.
If not using the script file, you can use java -cp saxon9he.jar
net.sf.saxon.Query myqueryfile from command line (or use some
online tool)
1. Go to the Interactive Syllabus Week4:
Týden 4 -- Dotazování nad XML daty (XQuery)
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/fi/jaro2020/PB138/index.qwarp?prejit=4672181
2. Follow the instructions for the creation of two xquery files that meet the
requirements of points 1) and 2) based on the source file at
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/fi/jaro2020/PB138/um/seminars/people.xml
3. After completion, compress the two files and upload to homework vault
sem07/task02-week04/
Instructions
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References
Suggested material:
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XQuery Specifications
→https://www.w3.org/TR/xquery/
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W3C School XQuery pages:
→https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xquery_intro.asp
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XQuery Online Tester
→ http://www.xpathtester.com/xquery
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SAXON XSLT and XQuery Processor
→ http://saxon.sourceforge.net/