Question What You Read— With XQuery

摘要

Not long ago, talking to invisible people was a sign of madness. These days, however, it's not uncommon to see a shopper with a Bluetooth cell phone earpiece talking alone in the supermarket. The next big thing may be talking back to your books. It seems like an eternity since the initial promises of XML, and many have faded from memory. Remember any? Pay the considerable cost of using XML to structure your documents, and they would pay you back by providing ways to convert, reuse, reassemble, or analyze them. Invest in structure now; get dividends soon. It's been a long wait, but interacting with documents may be just around the corner.