Oracle XQuery
As the innovation leader in commercial database technology, Oracle Database 10g Release2 debuts a full-featured and high performance database-native XQuery engine. This native XQuery engine empowers organizations with a versatile tool for querying, aggregating, and transforming the rapidly growing volume of XML data from diverse data sources.

Technical Information
JSR 225: XQuery API for Java TM (XQJ) Reference Implementation and Technology Compatibility Kit downloads:
[ Reference Implementation (RI)] [ Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK)]
New Features in Oracle XML DB for Oracle Database 11g Release 1 (PDF) July 2007
Oracle Database 11g XML DB Technical Overview (PDF) July 2007
Oracle Database 11g XML DB Presentation (PDF) July 2007
Downloadable Demo for Oracle Database 10g Release 2 XML DB/XQuery:
[ Instructions] [ Source] [ A Larger Sample Data Set]
XQuery 1.0 is now a W3C standard Jan 2007
Download Oracle OpenWorld 2006 San Francisco Presentations on Oracle XML DB and XQuery Oct 2006
XQuery Support in Oracle Database 10g Release 2: An Oracle OpenWorld 2005presentation (PDF) Sep 2005
Oracle Database 10g Release 2 XQuery Data Sheet (PDF) July 2005
XML Query (XQuery) Support in Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (PDF) May 2005
Mastering XML DB Queries in Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (PDF) Mar 2005
W3C XQuery Specification Editor Daniela Florescu on the road ahead Jan 2005
Querying XML: An Oracle OpenWorld 2004 Technical White Paper Dec 2004


Articles and Columns
Introducing XQJ: A Java API for XQuery May 2007
Go XML Jan 2007
XQuery: A 360-Degree View Jun 2006
XQuery Flowers Sep 2005
Oracle Database 10g Just Got Better Sep 2005
XQuery: A New Way to Search Jan 2005
Developer XML: XQuery Tricks and Traps Jan 2004
Developer XML: Updating XQuery Nov 2003
Developer XML: X Is for XQuery May 2003


Technical Conference Papers
Towards An Enterprise XML Architecture Jun 2005
Native XQuery Processing in Oracle XML DB Jun 2005
Towards An Industrial Strength SQL/XML Infrastructure Apr 2005
Query Rewrite for XML in Oracle XML DB Sep 2004