Clever introduction, comprehensive reference, all round solid work.

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Book:		XQuery
Subject:		Clever introduction, comprehensive reference, all round solid work.
Date:		2008-04-29 00:12:32
From:		Anonymous Reader

Rating: This is a good title for those interested in XQuery. The author takes pains to keep the subject matter apposite. Each chapter restricts itself to a narrow subset of XQuery before moving on, thus resisting the temptation to branch out into other features which might labour the reader. Perhaps more focus could have been given to individual implementations, as Saxon is given undue prominence as the implementation of choice. However, this is probably being a little fussy, as most readers will have an implementation in mind before even considering a text on XQuery (if they don't, they should). There are plenty of other titles which would benefit greatly from following this title's general approach.