[xquery-talk] Screen-scraping with XQuery

[Erik Bruchez]

Hi all,

I wonder if you have seen that "Screen-scraping with XQuery" recently
linked from TSS. Not that it tells you much about XQuery: the example
is incredibly simple:

 
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp03225.html?ca=dgr-jw26XQuery

I went on implementing it with OPS, which I describe in a blog post
here:

   http://www.orbeon.com/blog/index.php?p=15

In that post I also rewrote the example with XSLT 2.0, which shows how
close XQuery 1.0 and XSLT 2.0 are for a use case like this. In passing
I admit having switched from Qexo to Saxon (sorry Per ;-).

In the following little thread, the author of the original article
tries to make the point that learning XSLT is hell, and learning
XQuery is bliss:

 
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_thread.jsp?forum=181&thread=77692

If this is true, this would suggest that developers are extremely
sensitive to syntax! Or is there another factor? I don't think I agree
with such as statement statement at this point, but I wonder if this
opinion is shared.

-Erik