[xquery-talk] XQuery file naming conventions (xq, xqy, xql, xqm, xquery, etc.)

Adam Retter adam.retter at googlemail.com
Tue Jan 22 15:35:50 PST 2013


Maybe its Xquery Update... whatever that would mean standalone?!?

On 22 January 2013 23:21, Joe Wicentowski <joewiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just noticed a new one: .xu.  This extension appears in oXygen's
> File > Save dialog in Windows when you are saving an XQuery file:
>
>   Save as type: XQUERY, XQ, XQL, XQM, XQY, XU
>
> Hadn't seen that one before.  What could it mean?  XUpdate?  But
> XUpdate isn't XQuery...
>
> Maybe we should adopt it so that we can pronounce our files'
> extensions as "dot zoo"!
>
> Joe
>
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Joe Wicentowski <joewiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks to all for your responses!  There's merit in all of the
>> approaches that were shared.
>>
>> I'm sympathetic to the idea that we shouldn't have to use file
>> extensions to distinguish between library and main modules.  Maybe
>> ".xq" (or ".xquery") across the board makes sense.
>>
>> One thing does bug me about the "module" terminology in the spec.  If
>> the spec distinguishes between "library" and "main" modules, why do
>> *only* library modules begin with the "module namespace" construction?
>>  Shouldn't *all* modules begin with "module namespace ..."?  Or if
>> that's overkill, shouldn't it be "library module namespace ..."
>> instead (as opposed to "main module namespace ...")?
>>
>> In retrospect, I think this "module namespace..." construction is
>> responsible for many of us thinking that a module *is* a library
>> module.  I never thought of library vs. main modules.  I always
>> thought of "modules" vs. "scripts."  If I'd been there on the
>> committee, I think I would've advocated doing away with "module"
>> altogether, and instead promoting "library" and "script".
>>
>> But we've got library and main module, and I guess that's okay.  And
>> using file extensions to distinguish between the two, or only using a
>> single extension for all xquery files, are both okay too.
>>
>> Have a good weekend, all
>> Joe



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