[xquery-talk] Open source XQuery processors

[Liam R. E. Quin]

On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 09:21 +0200, Benito van der Zander wrote:
> Hi Liam,
> 
> oh, you did add it last year.
> 
> Now it is listed there three times!

OK, now you are 
> 
> Once as VideLibri from the time it was XPath 2 only.  (still has a 
> "accept only XPath 2" mode)

I left the entry for VideLibri but mentioned further work continues 
under the name Xidel.

Thanks

> Bye,
> Benito
> 
> 
> 
> On 05/08/2015 02:52 AM, Liam R. E. Quin wrote:
> > On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 21:33 +0200, Benito van der Zander wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I wrote one: http://videlibri.sourceforge.net/xidel.html
> > Benito, I'm glad you posted - I added Xidel to  www.w3.org/XML/Query
> > and should have added it last year.
> > 
> > Liam
> > 
> > > Online version: 
> > > http://videlibri.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xidelcgi?xquery=(1 to 
> > > 50)
> > > 
> > > It is interpreting a language half way between XQuery 1 and 
> > > XQuery 3 at the moment.
> > > As well as JSONiq.
> > > 
> > > Sometimes its error checking is too weak and it evaluates stuff 
> > > that is not valid XQuery
> > > 
> > > Originally it was a library app, which lets you view your 
> > > library account and do stuff like automatically
> > > renewing everything, before it is due.
> > > To allow everyone to add their own catalog without much effort, I
> > > implemented a language similar
> > > to XPath with some extensions. But then everyone said that is 
> > > far too complicated and they won't do it.
> > > So I had mostly stopped working on that aspect and changed it to 
> > > become a standard-compatible
> > > XQuery engine instead, without anything related to libraries.
> > > 
> > > Best,
> > > Benito
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 05/07/2015 07:06 PM, Schwartz, Christine wrote:
> > > > I’m preparing an ALA preconference session for librarians 
> > > > titled “Using XQuery as a Library Metadata Tool.” I’d like to 
> > > > provide the attendees with a list of XQuery resources so they 
> > > > can set up their own XQuery programming environment at their 
> > > > home institutions. Open source software is usually preferred 
> > > > by librarians,
> > > > especially for grant projects.
> > > > 
> > > > I feel a little handicapped in this area as I’ve been using
> > > > MarkLogic for over seven years and have not had to work with 
> > > > open source XQuery tools.
> > > > 
> > > > Any recommendations on what should be on this list?
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > Chris
> > > > 
> > > > Christine Schwartz
> > > > 
> > > > Metadata Librarian and XML Database Administrator
> > > > 
> > > > Princeton Theological Seminary Library
> > > > 
> > > > 25 Library Place
> > > > 
> > > > Princeton, NJ 08540
> > > > 
> > > >   christine.schwartz at ptsem.edu<mailto:
> > > > christine.schwartz at ptsem.edu>
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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