- anonymous function
An anonymous function is a function item with no name. Anonymous functions may be created, for example, by evaluating an inline function expression or by partial function application.
- application function
Application functions are function definitions written in a host language such as XQuery or XSLT whose syntax and semantics are defined in this family of specifications. Their behavior (including the rules determining the static and dynamic context) follows the rules for such functions in the relevant host language specification.
- argument expression
An argument to a function call is either an argument expression or an ArgumentPlaceholder (?); in both cases it may either be supplied positionally, or identified by a name (called a keyword).
- arity range
A function definition has an arity range, which is a range of consecutive non-negative integers. If the function definition has M required parameters and N optional parameters, then its arity range is from M to M+N inclusive.
- array
An array is a function item that associates a set of positions, represented as positive integer keys, with values.
- associated value
The value associated with a given key is called the associated value of the key.
- atomic item
An atomic item is a value in the value space of an atomic type, as defined in [XML Schema 1.0] or [XML Schema 1.1].
- atomic type
An atomic type is a simple schema type whose {variety}XS11-1 is atomic.
- atomization
Atomization of a sequence is defined as the result of invoking the fn:data function, as defined in Section 2.1.4 fn:dataFO.
- available documents
Available documents. This is a mapping of strings to document nodes. Each string represents the absolute URI of a resource. The document node is the root of a tree that represents that resource using the data model. The document node is returned by the fn:doc function when applied to that URI.
- available item collections
Available collections. This is a mapping of strings to sequences of items. Each string represents the absolute URI of a resource. The sequence of items represents the result of the fn:collection function when that URI is supplied as the argument.
- available text resources
Available text resources. This is a mapping of strings to text resources. Each string represents the absolute URI of a resource. The resource is returned by the fn:unparsed-text function when applied to that URI.
- available uri collections
Available URI collections. This is a mapping of strings to sequences of URIs. The string represents the absolute URI of a resource which can be interpreted as an aggregation of a number of individual resources each of which has its own URI. The sequence of URIs represents the result of the fn:uri-collection function when that URI is supplied as the argument.
- axis step
An axis step returns a sequence of nodes that are reachable from a starting node via a specified axis. Such a step has two parts: an axis, which defines the "direction of movement" for the step, and a node test, which selects nodes based on their kind, name, and/or type annotation .
- base URI declaration
A base URI declaration specifies the Static Base URI property. The Static Base URI property is used when resolving relative URI references.
- binary
In the operator mapping tables, the term binary refers to the types xs:hexBinary and xs:base64Binary.
- binding collection
In a for clause, when an expression is preceded by the keyword in, the value of that expression is called a binding collection.
- binding sequence
In a window clause, when an expression is preceded by the keyword in, the value of that expression is called a binding sequence.
- boundary-space declaration
A boundary-space declaration sets the boundary-space policy in the static context, overriding any implementation-defined default. Boundary-space policy controls whether boundary whitespace is preserved by element constructors during processing of the query.
- boundary-space policy
Boundary-space policy. This component controls the processing of boundary whitespace by direct element constructors, as described in 4.12.1.4 Boundary Whitespace.
- boundary whitespace
Boundary whitespace is a sequence of consecutive whitespace characters within the content of a direct element constructor, that is delimited at each end either by the start or end of the content, or by a DirectConstructor, or by an EnclosedExpr. For this purpose, characters generated by character references such as   or by CDataSections are not considered to be whitespace characters.
- character reference
A character reference is an XML-style reference to a [Unicode] character, identified by its decimal or hexadecimal codepoint.
- choice item type
A choice item type defines an item type that is the union of a number of alternatives. For example the type (xs:hexBinary | xs:base64Binary) defines the union of these two primitive atomic types, while the type (map(*) | array(*)) matches any item that is either a map or an array.
- coercion rules
The coercion rules are rules used to convert a supplied value to a required type, for example when converting an argument of a function call to the declared type of the function parameter.
- collation
A collation is a specification of the manner in which strings and URIs are compared and, by extension, ordered. For a more complete definition of collation, see Section 5.3 Comparison of stringsFO.
- comma operator
One way to construct a sequence is by using the comma operator, which evaluates each of its operands and concatenates the resulting sequences, in order, into a single result sequence.
- complex terminal
A complex terminal is a variable terminal whose production rule references, directly or indirectly, an ordinary production rule.
- computed element constructor
A computed element constructor creates an element node, allowing both the name and the content of the node to be computed.
- construction declaration
A construction declaration sets the construction mode in the static context, overriding any implementation-defined default.
- construction mode
Construction mode. The construction mode governs the behavior of element and document node constructors. If construction mode is preserve, the type of a constructed element node is xs:anyType, and all attribute and element nodes copied during node construction retain their original types. If construction mode is strip, the type of a constructed element node is xs:untyped; all element nodes copied during node construction receive the type xs:untyped, and all attribute nodes copied during node construction receive the type xs:untypedAtomic.
- constructor function
The constructor function for a given simple type is used to convert instances of other simple types into the given type. The semantics of the constructor function call T($arg) are defined to be equivalent to the expression $arg cast as T?.
- content expression
In an enclosed expression, the optional expression enclosed in curly brackets is called the content expression.
- context dependent
A function definition is said to be context dependent if its result depends on the static or dynamic context of its caller. A function definition may be context-dependent for some arities in its arity range, and context-independent for others: for example fn:name#0 is context-dependent while fn:name#1 is context-independent.
- context node
When the context value is a single item, it can also be referred to as the context item; when it is a single node, it can also be referred to as the context node.
- context position
The context position is the position of the context value within the series of values currently being processed.
- context size
The context size is the number of values in the series of values currently being processed.
- context value
The context value is the value currently being processed.
- copy-namespaces declaration
A copy-namespaces declaration sets the value of copy-namespaces mode in the static context, overriding any implementation-defined default. Copy-namespaces mode controls the namespace bindings that are assigned when an existing element node is copied by an element constructor or document constructor.
- copy-namespaces mode
Copy-namespaces mode. This component controls the namespace bindings that are assigned when an existing element node is copied by an element constructor, as described in 4.12.1 Direct Element Constructors. Its value consists of two parts: preserve or no-preserve, and inherit or no-inherit.
- current dateTime
Current dateTime. This information represents an implementation-dependent point in time during the processing of a query , and includes an explicit timezone. It can be retrieved by the fn:current-dateTime function. If called multiple times during the execution of a query , this function always returns the same result.
- data model
XQuery 4.0 operates on the abstract, logical structure of an XML document or JSON object rather than its surface syntax. This logical structure, known as the data model, is defined in [XQuery and XPath Data Model (XDM) 4.0].
- decimal-format declaration
A decimal format declaration adds a decimal format to the statically known decimal formats, which define the properties used to format numbers using the fn:format-number() function
- decimal-separator
decimal-separator(M, R) is used to separate the integer part of the number from the fractional part. The default value for both the marker and the rendition is U+002E (FULL STOP, PERIOD, .) .
- default calendar
Default calendar. This is the calendar used when formatting dates in human-readable output (for example, by the functions fn:format-date and fn:format-dateTime) if no other calendar is requested. The value is a string.
- default collation
Default collation. This identifies one of the collations in statically known collations as the collation to be used by functions and operators for comparing and ordering values of type xs:string and xs:anyURI (and types derived from them) when no explicit collation is specified.
- default collation declaration
A default collation declaration sets the value of the default collation in the static context, overriding any implementation-defined default.
- default collection
Default collection. This is the sequence of items that would result from calling the fn:collection function with no arguments.
- default function namespace
Default function namespace. This is either a namespace URI, or absentDM. The namespace URI, if present, is used for any unprefixed QName appearing in a position where a function name is expected.
- default language
Default language. This is the natural language used when creating human-readable output (for example, by the functions fn:format-date and fn:format-integer) if no other language is requested. The value is a language code as defined by the type xs:language.
- default namespace for elements and types
Default namespace for elements and types. This is either a namespace URI, or the special value "##any", or absentDM. This indicates how unprefixed QNames are interpreted when they appear in a position where an element name or type name is expected.
- default order for empty sequences
Default order for empty sequences. This component controls the processing of empty sequences and NaN values as ordering keys in an order by clause in a FLWOR expression, as described in 4.13.9 Order By Clause.
- default place
Default place. This is a geographical location used to identify the place where events happened (or will happen) when processing dates and times using functions such as fn:format-date, fn:format-dateTime, and fn:civil-timezone, if no other place is specified. It is used when translating timezone offsets to civil timezone names, and when using calendars where the translation from ISO dates/times to a local representation is dependent on geographical location. Possible representations of this information are an ISO country code or an Olson timezone name, but implementations are free to use other representations from which the above information can be derived. The only requirement is that it should uniquely identify a civil timezone, which means that country codes for countries with multiple timezones, such as the United States, are inadequate.
- default URI collection
Default URI collection. This is the sequence of URIs that would result from calling the fn:uri-collection function with no arguments.
- delimiting terminal symbol
The delimiting terminal symbols are: !!=#$%()**:+,--->->.../>::*:::=;<!--<![CDATA[</<<<=<?==!>=>=?>>>=>>??>???[@[]]]>]```````[`{{{{|||}}`}}×÷AposStringLiteralBracedURILiteral<#)(#QuotStringLiteralS///StringLiteralThe delimiting terminal symbols are: !!=##)$%((#)**:+,--->->...////>::*:::=;<<!--<![CDATA[</<<<=<?==!>=>=?>>>=>>??>???[@[]]]>]```````[`{{{{|||}}`}}×÷AposStringLiteralBracedURILiteralQuotStringLiteralSStringLiteralThe delimiting terminal symbols are: !!=##)$%((#)**:+,--->->...////>::*:::=;<<!--<![CDATA[</<<<=<?==!>=>=?>>>=>>??>???[@[]]]>]```````[`{{{{|||}}`}}×÷AposStringLiteralBracedURILiteral<#)(#QuotStringLiteralS///StringLiteral
- depends on
A variable value (or the context value) depends on another variable value (or the context value) if, during the evaluation of the initializing expression of the former, the latter is accessed through the module context.
- derives from
A schema typeS1 is said to derive fromschema typeS2 if any of the following conditions is true:
- digit
digit(M) is a character used in the picture string to represent an optional digit; the default value is U+0023 (NUMBER SIGN, #) .
- direct element constructor
A direct element constructor is a form of element constructor in which the name of the constructed element is a constant.
- document order
Informally, document order is the order in which nodes appear in the XML serialization of a document.
- dynamically known function definitions
Dynamically known function definitions. This is a set of function definitions. It includes the statically known function definitions as a subset, but may include other function definitions that are not known statically.
- dynamic context
The dynamic context of an expression is defined as information that is needed for the dynamic evaluation of an expression, beyond any information that is needed from the static context.
- dynamic error
A dynamic error is an error that must be detected during the dynamic evaluation phase and may be detected during the static analysis phase.
- dynamic evaluation phase
The dynamic evaluation phase is the phase during which the value of an expression is computed.
- dynamic function call
A dynamic function call consists of a base expression that returns the function and a parenthesized list of zero or more arguments (argument expressions or ArgumentPlaceholders).
- dynamic function call
A dynamic function call is an expression that is evaluated by calling a function item, which is typically obtained dynamically.
- dynamic type
Every value matches one or more sequence types. A value is said to have a dynamic typeT if it matches (or is an instance of) the sequence type T.
- effective boolean value
The effective boolean value of a value is defined as the result of applying the fn:boolean function to the value, as defined in Section 7.3.1 fn:booleanFO.
- effective case
The effective case of a switch expression is the first case clause that matches, using the rules given above, or the default clause if no such case clause exists.
- effective case
The effective case in a typeswitch expression is the first case clause in which the value of the operand expression matches a SequenceType in the SequenceTypeUnion of the case clause, using the rules of SequenceType matching.
- empty order declaration
An empty order declaration sets the default order for empty sequences in the static context, overriding any implementation-defined default. This declaration controls the processing of empty sequences and NaN values as ordering keys in an order by clause in a FLWOR expression.
- empty sequence
A sequence containing zero items is called an empty sequence.
- enclosed expression
An enclosed expression is an instance of the EnclosedExpr production, which allows an optional expression within curly brackets.
- encoding declaration
If present, a version declaration may optionally include an encoding declaration. The value of the string literal following the keyword encoding is an encoding name, and must conform to the definition of EncName specified in [XML 1.0] [err:XQST0087]. The purpose of an encoding declaration is to allow the writer of a query to provide a string that indicates how the query is encoded, such as "UTF-8", "UTF-16", or "US-ASCII".
- entry
Each key / value pair in a map is called an entry.
- enumeration type
An EnumerationType accepts a fixed set of string values.
- environment variables
Environment variables. This is a mapping from names to values. Both the names and the values are strings. The names are compared using an implementation-defined collation, and are unique under this collation. The set of environment variables is implementation-defined and may be empty.
- equivalent grouping keys
Two tuples T1 and T2 have equivalent grouping keys if and only if, for each grouping variable GV, the atomized value of GV in T1 is deep-equal to the atomized value of GV in T2, as defined by applying the function fn:deep-equal using the appropriate collation.
- error value
In addition to its identifying QName, a dynamic error may also carry a descriptive string and one or more additional values called error values.
- Executable Base URI
Executable Base URI. This is an absolute URI used to resolve relative URIs during the evaluation of expressions; it is used, for example, to resolve a relative URI supplied to the fn:doc or fn:unparsed-text functions.
- expanded QName
An expanded QName is a triple: its components are a prefix, a local name, and a namespace URI. In the case of a name in no namespace, the namespace URI and prefix are both absent. In the case of a name in the default namespace, the prefix is absent.
- exponent-separator
exponent-separator(M, R) is used to separate the mantissa from the exponent in scientific notation. The default value for both the marker and the rendition is U+0065 (LATIN SMALL LETTER E, e) .
- expression context
The expression context for a given expression consists of all the information that can affect the result of the expression.
- extension expression
An extension expression is an expression whose semantics are implementation-defined.
- external function
External functions can be characterized as functions that are neither part of the processor implementation, nor written in a language whose semantics are under the control of this family of specifications. The semantics of external functions, including any context dependencies, are entirely implementation-defined. In XSLT, external functions are called Section 24.1 Extension Functions XT30.
- filter expression
A filter expression is an expression in the form E1[E2]: its effect is to return those items from the value of E1 that satisfy the predicate in E2.
- fixed focus
A fixed focus is a focus for an expression that is evaluated once, rather than being applied to a series of values; in a fixed focus, the context value is set to one specific value, the context position is 1, and the context size is 1.
- focus
The first three components of the dynamic context (context value, context position, and context size) are called the focus of the expression.
- focus function
A focus function is an inline function expression in which the function signature is implicit: the function takes a single argument of type item()* (that is, any value), and binds this to the context value when evaluating the function body, which returns a result of type item()*.
- function assertion
A function assertion is a predicate that restricts the set of functions matched by a FunctionType. It uses the same syntax as 5.15 Annotations.
- function coercion
Function coercion wraps a function item in a new function whose signature is the same as the expected type. This effectively delays the checking of the argument and return types until the function is called.
- function definition
A function definition contains information used to evaluate a static function call, including the name, parameters, and return type of the function.
- function item
A function item is an item that can be called using a dynamic function call.
- generalized atomic type
A generalized atomic type is an item type whose instances are all atomic items. Generalized atomic types include (a) atomic types, either built-in (for example xs:integer) or imported from a schema, (b) pure union types, either built-in (xs:numeric and xs:error) or imported from a schema, (c) choice item types if their alternatives are all generalized atomic types, and (d) enumeration types.
- Gregorian
In the operator mapping tables, the term Gregorian refers to the types xs:gYearMonth, xs:gYear, xs:gMonthDay, xs:gDay, and xs:gMonth.
- grouping key
The atomized value of a grouping variable is called a grouping key.
- grouping-separator
grouping-separator(M, R) is used to separate groups of digits (for example as a thousands separator). The default value for both the marker and the rendition is U+002C (COMMA, ,) .
- grouping variable
Each grouping specification specifies one grouping variable, which refers to variable bindings in the pre-grouping tuples. The values of the grouping variables are used to assign pre-grouping tuples to groups.
- guarded
An expression E is said to be guarded by some governing condition C if evaluation of E is not allowed to fail with a dynamic error except when C applies.
- ignorable whitespace
Ignorable whitespace consists of any whitespace characters that may occur between terminals, unless these characters occur in the context of a production marked with a ws:explicit annotation, in which case they can occur only where explicitly specified (see A.3.5.2 Explicit Whitespace Handling).
- implausible
Certain expressions, while not erroneous, are classified as being implausible, because they achieve no useful effect.
- implementation defined
Implementation-defined indicates an aspect that may differ between implementations, but must be specified by the implementer for each particular implementation.
- implementation dependent
Implementation-dependent indicates an aspect that may differ between implementations, is not specified by this or any W3C specification, and is not required to be specified by the implementer for any particular implementation.
- implicit timezone
Implicit timezone. This is the timezone to be used when a date, time, or dateTime value that does not have a timezone is used in a comparison or arithmetic operation. The implicit timezone is an implementation-defined value of type xs:dayTimeDuration. See Section 3.2.7.3 Timezones XS1-2 or Section 3.3.7 dateTime XS11-2 for the range of valid values of a timezone.
- infinity
infinity(R) is the string used to represent the double value infinity (INF); the default value is the string "Infinity"
- initial context value
In the dynamic context of every module in a query, the context value component must have the same setting. If this shared setting is not absentDM, it is referred to as the initial context value.
- initializing expression
If a variable declaration includes an expression (VarValue or VarDefaultValue), the expression is called an initializing expression. The static context for an initializing expression includes all functions, variables, and namespaces that are declared or imported anywhere in the Prolog.
- inline function expression
An inline function expression, when evaluated, creates an anonymous function defined directly in the inline function expression.
- in-scope attribute declarations
In-scope attribute declarations. Each attribute declaration is identified either by an expanded QName (for a top-level attribute declaration) or by an implementation-dependent attribute identifier (for a local attribute declaration). If the Schema Aware Feature is supported, in-scope attribute declarations include all attribute declarations found in imported schemas.
- in-scope element declarations
In-scope element declarations. Each element declaration is identified either by an expanded QName (for a top-level element declaration) or by an implementation-dependent element identifier (for a local element declaration). If the Schema Aware Feature is supported, in-scope element declarations include all element declarations found in imported schemas.
- in-scope named item types
In-scope named item types. This is a mapping from expanded QName to named item types.
- in-scope namespaces
The in-scope namespaces property of an element node is a set of namespace bindings, each of which associates a namespace prefix with a URI.
- in-scope schema definitions
In-scope schema definitions is a generic term for all the element declarations, attribute declarations, and schema type definitions that are in scope during static analysis of an expression.
- in-scope schema type
In-scope schema types. Each schema type definition is identified either by an expanded QName (for a named type) or by an implementation-dependent type identifier (for an anonymous type). The in-scope schema types include the predefined schema types described in 3.5 Schema Types. If the Schema Aware Feature is supported, in-scope schema types also include all type definitions found in imported schemas.
- in-scope variables
In-scope variables. This is a mapping from expanded QName to type. It defines the set of variables that are available for reference within an expression. The expanded QName is the name of the variable, and the type is the static type of the variable.
- item
An item is either an atomic item, a node, or a function item.
- item type
An item type is a type that can be expressed using the ItemType syntax, which forms part of the SequenceType syntax. Item types match individual items.
- item type designator
An item type designator is a syntactic construct conforming to the grammar rule ItemType. An item type designator is said to designate an item type.
- kind test
An alternative form of a node test called a kind test can select nodes based on their kind, name, and type annotation.
- lexical QName
A lexical QName is a name that conforms to the syntax of the QName production
- library module
A module that does not contain a Query Body is called a library module. A library module consists of a module declaration followed by a Prolog.
- literal
A literal is a direct syntactic representation of an atomic item.
- literal terminal
A literal terminal is a token appearing as a string in quotation marks on the right-hand side of an ordinary production rule.
- main module
A main module consists of a Prolog followed by a Query Body.
- map
A map is a function that associates a set of keys with values, resulting in a collection of key / value pairs.
- mapping arrow operator
The mapping arrow operator=!> applies a function to each item in a sequence.
- may
MAY means that an item is truly optional.
- member
The values of an array are called its members.
- minus-sign
minus-sign(R) is the string used to mark negative numbers; the default value is U+002D (HYPHEN-MINUS, -) .
- module
A module is a fragment of XQuery code that conforms to the Module grammar and can independently undergo the static analysis phase described in 2.3.3 Expression Processing. Each module is either a main module or a library module.
- module declaration
A module declaration serves to identify a module as a library module. A module declaration begins with the keyword module and contains a namespace prefix and a URILiteral.
- module feature
The Module Feature allows a query Prolog to contain a Module Import and allows library modules to be created.
- module import
A module import imports the public variable declarations, public function declarations, and public item type declarations from one or more library modules into the statically known function definitions, in-scope variables, or in-scope named item types of the importing module.
- must
MUST means that the item is an absolute requirement of the specification.
- must not
MUST NOT means that the item is an absolute prohibition of the specification.
- named function reference
A named function reference is an expression (written name#arity) which evaluates to a function item, the details of the function item being based on the properties of a function definition in the static context.
- named item type
A named item type is an ItemType identified by an expanded QName.
- name expression
When an expression is used to specify the name of a constructed node, that expression is called the name expression of the constructor.
- namespace declaration
A namespace declaration declares a namespace prefix and associates it with a namespace URI, adding the (prefix, URI) pair to the set of statically known namespaces.
- namespace declaration attribute
A namespace declaration attribute is used inside a direct element constructor. Its purpose is to bind a namespace prefix (including the zero-length prefix) for the constructed element node, including its attributes.
- namespace-sensitive
The namespace-sensitive types are xs:QName, xs:NOTATION, types derived by restriction from xs:QName or xs:NOTATION, list types that have a namespace-sensitive item type, and union types with a namespace-sensitive type in their transitive membership.
- name test
A node test that consists only of an EQName or a Wildcard is called a name test.
- NaN
NaN(R) is the string used to represent the double value NaN (not a number); the default value is the string "NaN"
- node
A node is an instance of one of the node kinds defined in Section 5 NodesDM.
- node test
A node test is a condition on the name, kind (element, attribute, text, document, comment, or processing instruction), and/or type annotation of a node. A node test determines which nodes contained by an axis are selected by a step.
- non-delimiting terminal symbol
The non-delimiting terminal symbols are: allowingancestorancestor-or-selfandarrayasatattributebase-uriboundary-spacebycasecastcastablecatchchildcollationcommentconstructioncontextcopy-namespacescountdecimal-formatdecimal-separatordeclaredefaultdescendantdescendant-or-selfdigitdivdocumentdocument-nodeelementelseemptyempty-sequenceencodingendenumeqeveryexceptexponent-separatorfalsefixedfnfollowingfollowing-or-selffollowing-siblingfollowing-sibling-or-selfforfunctiongegroupgrouping-separatorgtidivifimportininfinityinheritinstanceintersectisitemitemskeykeyslaxleletltmapmemberminus-signmodmodulenamespacenamespace-nodeNaNnenextno-inheritno-preservenodeofonlyoptionororderorderedorderingotherwisepairsparentpattern-separatorper-millepercentprecedingpreceding-or-selfpreceding-sibling-or-selfpreservepreviousprocessing-instructionrecordreturnsatisfiesschemaschema-attributeschema-elementselfslidingsomestablestartstrictstripswitchtextthentotreattruetrytumblingtypetypeswitchunionunorderedvalidatevaluevaluesvariableversionwhenwherewhilewindowxqueryzero-digitascendingBinaryIntegerLiteralDecimalLiteraldescendingDoubleLiteralexternalgreatestHexIntegerLiteralIntegerLiteralleastNCNameQNameURIQualifiedNameThe non-delimiting terminal symbols are: allowingancestorancestor-or-selfandarrayasascendingatattributebase-uriboundary-spacebycasecastcastablecatchchildcollationcommentconstructioncontextcopy-namespacescountdecimal-formatdecimal-separatordeclaredefaultdescendantdescendant-or-selfdescendingdigitdivdocumentdocument-nodeelementelseemptyempty-sequenceencodingendenumeqeveryexceptexponent-separatorexternalfalsefixedfnfollowingfollowing-or-selffollowing-siblingfollowing-sibling-or-selfforfunctiongegreatestgroupgrouping-separatorgtidivifimportininfinityinheritinstanceintersectisitemitemskeykeyslaxleleastletltmapmemberminus-signmodmodulenamespacenamespace-nodeNaNnenextno-inheritno-preservenodeofonlyoptionororderorderedorderingotherwisepairsparentpattern-separatorper-millepercentprecedingpreceding-or-selfpreceding-sibling-or-selfpreservepreviousprocessing-instructionrecordreturnsatisfiesschemaschema-attributeschema-elementselfslidingsomestablestartstrictstripswitchtextthentotreattruetrytumblingtypetypeswitchunionunorderedvalidatevaluevaluesvariableversionwhenwherewhilewindowxqueryzero-digitBinaryIntegerLiteralDecimalLiteralDoubleLiteralHexIntegerLiteralIntegerLiteralNCNameQNameURIQualifiedNameThe non-delimiting terminal symbols are: allowingancestorancestor-or-selfandarrayasascendingatattributebase-uriboundary-spacebycasecastcastablecatchchildcollationcommentconstructioncontextcopy-namespacescountdecimal-formatdecimal-separatordeclaredefaultdescendantdescendant-or-selfdescendingdigitdivdocumentdocument-nodeelementelseemptyempty-sequenceencodingendenumeqeveryexceptexponent-separatorexternalfalsefixedfnfollowingfollowing-or-selffollowing-siblingfollowing-sibling-or-selfforfunctiongegreatestgroupgrouping-separatorgtidivifimportininfinityinheritinstanceintersectisitemitemskeykeyslaxleleastletltmapmemberminus-signmodmodulenamespacenamespace-nodeNaNnenextno-inheritno-preservenodeofonlyoptionororderorderedorderingotherwisepairsparentpattern-separatorper-millepercentprecedingpreceding-or-selfpreceding-sibling-or-selfpreservepreviousprocessing-instructionrecordreturnsatisfiesschemaschema-attributeschema-elementselfslidingsomestablestartstrictstripswitchtextthentotreattruetrytumblingtypetypeswitchunionunorderedvalidatevaluevaluesvariableversionwhenwherewhilewindowxqueryzero-digitascendingBinaryIntegerLiteralDecimalLiteraldescendingDoubleLiteralexternalgreatestHexIntegerLiteralIntegerLiteralleastNCNameQNameURIQualifiedName
- numeric
When referring to a type, the term numeric denotes the types xs:integer, xs:decimal, xs:float, and xs:double which are all member types of the built-in union type xs:numeric.
- numeric predicate
A predicate whose predicate expression returns a value of type xs:numeric+ is called a numeric predicate.
- operator function
For each operator and valid combination of operand types, the operator mapping tables specify a result type and an expression that invokes an operator function; the operator function implements the semantics of the operator for the given types.
- option declaration
An option declaration declares an option that affects the behavior of a particular implementation. Each option consists of an identifying EQName and a StringLiteral.
- ordinary production rule
An ordinary production rule is a production rule in A.1 EBNF that is not annotated ws:explicit.
- output declaration
An output declaration is an option declaration in the namespace http://www.w3.org/2010/xslt-xquery-serialization; it is used to declare serialization parameters.
- partial function application
A static or dynamic function call is a partial function application if one or more arguments is an ArgumentPlaceholder.
- partially applied function
A partially applied function is a function created by partial function application.
- path expression
A path expression consists of a series of one or more steps, separated by / or //, and optionally beginning with / or //. A path expression is typically used to locate nodes within trees.
- pattern-separator
pattern-separator(M) is a character used to separate positive and negative sub-pictures in a picture string; the default value is U+003B (SEMICOLON, ;) .
- percent
percent(M, R) is used to indicate that the number is written as a per-hundred fraction; the default value for both the marker and the rendition is U+0025 (PERCENT SIGN, %) .
- per-mille
per-mille(M, R) is used to indicate that the number is written as a per-thousand fraction; the default value for both the marker and the rendition is U+2030 (PER MILLE SIGN, ‰) .
- pipeline operator
The pipeline operator-> evaluates an expression and binds the result to the context value before evaluating another expression.
- positional variable
A positional variable is a variable that is preceded by the keyword at.
- pragma
A pragma is denoted by the delimiters (# and #), and consists of an identifying EQName followed by implementation-defined content.
- predefined entity reference
A predefined entity reference is a short sequence of characters, beginning with an ampersand, that represents a single character that might otherwise have syntactic significance.
- predicate truth value
The predicate truth value of a value $V is the result of the expression if ($V instance of xs:numeric+) then ($V = position()) else fn:boolean($V).
- primary expression
Primary expressions are the basic primitives of the language. They include literals, variable references, context value references, constructors, and function calls. A primary expression may also be created by enclosing any expression in parentheses, which is sometimes helpful in controlling the precedence of operators.
- principal node kind
Every axis has a principal node kind. If an axis can contain elements, then the principal node kind is element; otherwise, it is the kind of nodes that the axis can contain.
- private function
A private function is a function with a %private annotation. A private function is hidden from module import, which can not import it into the statically known function definitions of another module.
- private item type
A private item type is a named item type with a %private annotation. A private item type is hidden from module import, which can not import it into the in-scope named item types of another module.
- private variable
A private variable is a variable with a %private annotation. A private variable is hidden from module import, which can not import it into the in-scope variables of another module.
- Prolog
A Prolog is a series of declarations and imports that define the processing environment for the module that contains the Prolog.
- public function
A public function is a function without a %private annotation. A public function is accessible to module import, which can import it into the statically known function definitions of another module.
- public item type
A public item type is an item type declaration without a %private annotation. A public item type is accessible to module import, which can import it into the in-scope named item types of another module.
- public variable
A public variable is a variable without a %private annotation. A public variable is accessible to module import, which can import it into the in-scope variables of another module. Using %public and %private annotations in a main module is not an error, but it does not affect module imports, since a main module cannot be imported. It is a static error [err:XQST0116] if a variable declaration contains both a %private and a %public annotation, more than one %private annotation, or more than one %public annotation.
- pure union type
A pure union type is a simple type that satisfies the following constraints: (a) {variety}XS11-1 is union, (b) the {facets}XS11-1 property is empty, (c) no type in the transitive membership of the union type has {variety}XS11-1list, and (d) no type in the transitive membership of the union type is a type with {variety}XS11-1union having a non-empty {facets}XS11-1 property
- query
A query consists of one or more modules.
- query body
The Query Body, if present, consists of an expression that defines the result of the query.
- reserved namespaces
A reserved namespace is a namespace that must not be used in the name of a function declaration.
- resolve
To resolve a relative URI$rel against a base URI $base is to expand it to an absolute URI, as if by calling the function fn:resolve-uri($rel, $base).
- reverse document order
The node ordering that is the reverse of document order is called reverse document order.
- same key
Two atomic items K1 and K2 have the same key value if fn:atomic-equal(K1, K2) returns true, as specified in Section 13.2.1 fn:atomic-equalFO
- schema aware feature
The Schema Aware Feature permits the query Prolog to contain a schema import, and permits a query to contain a validate expression (see 4.25 Validate Expressions).
- schema import
A schema import imports the element declarations, attribute declarations, and type definitions from a schema into the in-scope schema definitions. For each named user-defined simple type in the schema, schema import also adds a corresponding constructor function.
- schema type
A schema type is a complex type or simple type as defined in the [XML Schema 1.0] or [XML Schema 1.1] specifications, including built-in types as well as user-defined types.
- sequence
A sequence is an ordered collection of zero or more items.
- sequence arrow operator
The sequence arrow operator=> applies a function to a supplied sequence.
- sequence concatenation
The sequence concatenation of a number of sequences S1, S2, ... Sn is defined to be the sequence formed from the items of S1, followed by the items from S2, and so on, retaining order.
- sequence type
A sequence type is a type that can be expressed using the SequenceType syntax. Sequence types are used whenever it is necessary to refer to a type in an XQuery 4.0 expression. Since all values are sequences, every value matches one or more sequence types.
- sequence type designator
A sequence type designator is a syntactic construct conforming to the grammar rule SequenceType. A sequence type designator is said to designate a sequence type.
- SequenceType matching
SequenceType matching compares a value with an expected sequence type.
- serialization
Serialization is the process of converting an XDM instance to a sequence of octets (step DM4 in Figure 1.), as described in [XSLT and XQuery Serialization 4.0].
- serialization feature
The Serialization Feature provides means for serializing the result of a query as specified in 2.3.5 Serialization.
- setter
Setters are declarations that set the value of some property that affects query processing, such as construction mode or default collation.
- should
SHOULD means that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a particular item, but the full implications must be understood and carefully weighed before choosing a different course.
- singleton
A sequence containing exactly one item is called a singleton.
- singleton focus
A singleton focus is a fixed focus in which the context value is a singleton item.
- stable
Document order is stable, which means that the relative order of two nodes will not change during the processing of a given query , even if this order is implementation-dependent.
- statically known collations
Statically known collations. This is an implementation-defined mapping from URI to collation. It defines the names of the collations that are available for use in processing queries and expressions.
- statically known decimal formats
Statically known decimal formats. This is a mapping from QNames to decimal formats, with one default format that has no visible name, referred to as the unnamed decimal format. Each format is available for use when formatting numbers using the fn:format-number function.
- statically known function definitions
Statically known function definitions. This is a set of function definitions.
- statically known namespaces
Statically known namespaces. This is a mapping from prefix to namespace URI that defines all the namespaces that are known during static processing of a given expression.
- static analysis phase
The static analysis phase depends on the expression itself and on the static context. The static analysis phase does not depend on input data (other than schemas).
- Static Base URI
Static Base URI. This is an absolute URI, used to resolve relative URIs during static analysis.
- static context
The static context of an expression is the information that is available during static analysis of the expression, prior to its evaluation.
- static error
An error that can be detected during the static analysis phase, and is not a type error, is a static error.
- static function call
A static function call consists of an EQName followed by a parenthesized list of zero or more arguments.
- static type
The static type of an expression is the best inference that the processor is able to make statically about the type of the result of the expression.
- step
A step is a part of a path expression that generates a sequence of items and then filters the sequence by zero or more predicates. The value of the step consists of those items that satisfy the predicates, working from left to right. A step may be either an axis step or a postfix expression.
- string constructor
A String Constructor creates a string from literal text and interpolated expressions.
- string value
The string value of a node is a string and can be extracted by applying the Section 2.1.3 fn:stringFO function to the node.
- substantively disjoint
Two sequence types are deemed to be substantively disjoint if (a) neither is a subtype of the other (see 3.3.1 Subtypes of Sequence Types) and (b) the only values that are instances of both types are one or more of the following:
The empty sequence, ().
The empty map, {}.
The empty array, [].
- substitution group
Substitution groups are defined in Section 2.2.2.2 Element Substitution Group XS1-1 and Section 2.2.2.2 Element Substitution Group XS11-1. Informally, the substitution group headed by a given element (called the head element) consists of the set of elements that can be substituted for the head element without affecting the outcome of schema validation.
- subtype
Given two sequence types or item types, the rules in this section determine if one is a subtype of the other. If a type A is a subtype of type B, it follows that every value matched by A is also matched by B.
- subtype substitution
The use of a value that has a dynamic type that is a subtype of the expected type is known as subtype substitution.
- symbol
Each rule in the grammar defines one symbol, using the following format:
- symbol separators
Whitespace and Comments function as symbol separators. For the most part, they are not mentioned in the grammar, and may occur between any two terminal symbols mentioned in the grammar, except where that is forbidden by the /* ws: explicit */ annotation in the EBNF, or by the /* xgc: xml-version */ annotation.
- system function
System functions include the functions defined in [XQuery and XPath Functions and Operators 4.0], functions defined by the specifications of a host language, constructor functions for atomic types, and any additional functions provided by the implementation. System functions are sometimes called built-in functions.
- target namespace
The target namespace of a module is the namespace of the objects (such as elements or functions) that it defines.
- terminal
A terminal is a symbol or string or pattern that can appear in the right-hand side of a rule, but never appears on the left-hand side in the main grammar, although it may appear on the left-hand side of a rule in the grammar for terminals.
- tuple
A tuple is a set of zero or more named variables, each of which is bound to a value that is an XDM instance.
- tuple stream
A tuple stream is an ordered sequence of zero or more tuples.
- type annotation
Each element node and attribute node in an XDM instance has a type annotation (described in Section 2.8 Schema InformationDM). The type annotation of a node is a reference to a schema type.
- typed data feature
The Typed Data Feature permits an XDM instance to contain element node types other than xs:untyped and attributes node types other than xs:untypedAtomic.
- type declaration
A variable binding may be accompanied by a type declaration, which consists of the keyword as followed by the static type of the variable, declared using the syntax in 3.1 Sequence Types.
- typed value
The typed value of a node is a sequence of atomic items and can be extracted by applying the Section 2.1.4 fn:dataFO function to the node.
- type error
A type error may be raised during the static analysis phase or the dynamic evaluation phase. During the static analysis phase, a type error occurs when the static type of an expression does not match the expected type of the context in which the expression occurs. During the dynamic evaluation phase, a type error occurs when the dynamic type of a value does not match the expected type of the context in which the value occurs.
- type promotion
Under certain circumstances, an atomic item can be promoted from one type to another.
- URI
Within this specification, the term URI refers to a Universal Resource Identifier as defined in [RFC3986] and extended in [RFC3987] with the new name IRI.
- user-defined function
User defined functions are functions that contain a function body, which provides the implementation of the function as a content expression.
- value
In the data model, a value is always a sequence.
- variable declaration
A variable declaration in the XQuery prolog defines the name and static type of a variable, and optionally a value for the variable. It adds to the in-scope variables in the static context, and may also add to the variable values in the dynamic context.
- variable reference
A variable reference is an EQName preceded by a $-sign.
- variable terminal
A variable terminal is an instance of a production rule that is not itself an ordinary production rule but that is named (directly) on the right-hand side of an ordinary production rule.
- variable values
Variable values. This is a mapping from expanded QName to value. It contains the same expanded QNames as the in-scope variables in the static context for the expression. The expanded QName is the name of the variable and the value is the dynamic value of the variable, which includes its dynamic type.
- version declaration
A version declaration can identify the applicable XQuery syntax and semantics for a module, as well as its encoding.
- warning
In addition to static errors, dynamic errors, and type errors, an XQuery 4.0 implementation may raise warnings, either during the static analysis phase or the dynamic evaluation phase. The circumstances in which warnings are raised, and the ways in which warnings are handled, are implementation-defined.
- whitespace
A whitespace character is any of the characters defined by [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-S].
- wildcard-matches
In these rules, if MU and NU are NameTestUnions, then MUwildcard-matchesNU is true if every name that matches MU also matches NU.
- window
A window is a sequence of consecutive items drawn from the binding sequence.
- XDM instance
The term XDM instance is used, synonymously with the term value, to denote an unconstrained sequence of items.
- XPath 1.0 compatibility mode
XPath 1.0 compatibility mode.This component must be set by all host languages that include XPath 3.1 as a subset, indicating whether rules for compatibility with XPath 1.0 are in effect. XQuery sets the value of this component to false.
- XQuery 1.0 Processor
An XQuery 1.0 Processor processes a query according to the XQuery 1.0 specification.
- XQuery 3.0 Processor
An XQuery 3.0 Processor processes a query according to the XQuery 3.0 specification.
- XQuery 3.1 Processor
An XQuery 3.1 Processor processes a query according to the XQuery 3.1 specification.
- XQuery 4.0 Processor
An XQuery 4.0 Processor processes a query according to the XQuery 4.0 specification.
- XQuery version number
An XQuery version number consists of two integers, referred to as the major version number and the minor version number.
- xs:anyAtomicType
xs:anyAtomicType is an atomic type that includes all atomic items (and no values that are not atomic). Its base type is xs:anySimpleType from which all simple types, including atomic, list, and union types, are derived. All primitive atomic types, such as xs:decimal and xs:string, have xs:anyAtomicType as their base type.
- xs:dayTimeDuration
xs:dayTimeDuration is derived by restriction from xs:duration. The lexical representation of xs:dayTimeDuration is restricted to contain only day, hour, minute, and second components.
- xs:error
xs:error is a simple type with no value space. It is defined in Section 3.16.7.3 xs:error XS11-1 and can be used in the 3.1 Sequence Types to raise errors.
- xs:untyped
xs:untyped is used as the type annotation of an element node that has not been validated, or has been validated in skip mode.
- xs:untypedAtomic
xs:untypedAtomic is an atomic type that is used to denote untyped atomic data, such as text that has not been assigned a more specific type.
- xs:yearMonthDuration
xs:yearMonthDuration is derived by restriction from xs:duration. The lexical representation of xs:yearMonthDuration is restricted to contain only year and month components.
- zero-digit
zero-digit(M) is the character used in the picture string to represent the digit zero; the default value is U+0030 (DIGIT ZERO, 0) . This character must be a digit (category Nd in the Unicode property database), and it must have the numeric value zero. This property implicitly defines the ten Unicode characters that are used to represent the values 0 to 9 in the function output: Unicode is organized so that each set of decimal digits forms a contiguous block of characters in numerical sequence. Within the picture string any of these ten character can be used (interchangeably) as a place-holder for a mandatory digit. Within the final result string, these ten characters are used to represent the digits zero to nine.