Re: [xsl] XQuery basics

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:59 PM 6/4/2008, Andrew wrote:
> I reckon a future architecture is going to be standalone transforms
> calling XQuery to get input - if a standard name for the initial
> template can be settled on (for example "main") then you could point
> your browser at whatever.xslt and the transform can be executed server
> side fetching input from a variety of sources and constructing the
> page, both languages working to their strengths.
>
> Pretty much exactly how eXist works now with XQuery, but using a
> standalone transform as the entry point.  I've mentioned it to
> Wolfgang so hopefully a future version might support it...

Andrew, you must be right, since I've had the same thought myself.

For document processing alone, work on the transform layer. For 
high-performance aggregation, filtering and sorting, get a boost by 
working on the query layer.

Cheers,
Wendell


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