[xquery-talk] xquery technology now ready?

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Wed Dec 11 08:21:20 PST 2013


On 11/12/2013, David Lee <dlee at calldei.com> wrote:
>
> But I can assert with reasonable authority that there is a wide variety of
> quality XQuery implementations to choose from in the price range from Budget
> to Gourmet.
> And *unlike* XForms ... XQuery does not have to solve the GUI problem. It
> can, but It can also be used in conjunction with other front end tools, or
> can be used all by itself (in a XQuery implementation which supports
> application servers).
>

Useful opinion, thanks, but your comment prompts the following
personal conclusion: xforms was/is hampered by insufficient web
browser support; xquery by insufficient web server (standard hosting
supplier) support.


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