README.md

Welcome to XPath Next

This is the github project of the W3C XPath Next Community Group: https://www.w3.org/community/xpath-next/

XPath Next is a place to gather requirement for evolution of XPath standards coming from:

• XPath specifications

  • XPath 1.0^{(ENBF Grammar)}
  • XPath 2.0 Data Model (XDM), XPath 2.0^{(EBNF Grammar)}, XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators and XPath 2.0 Formal Semantics
  • XPath 3.0 Data Model (XDM), XPath 3.0^{(EBNF Grammar)} and XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators
  • XPath 3.1 Data Model (XDM), XPath 3.1^{(EBNF Grammar)} and XPath 3.1 Functions and Operators

• Existing language host

  • XSLT: XSLT 1.0, XSLT 2.0, XSLT 3.0
  • XPointer: XPointer
  • XQuery:
    • 1.0: XQuery 1.0, XQuery Update Facility 1.0
    • 1.1: XQuery 1.1
    • 3.0: XQuery 3.0, XQuery Update Facility 3.0
    • 3.1: XQuery 3.1
  • XForms: XForms 1.0, XForms 1.1, XForms 2.0
  • XProc: XProc 1.0, XProc 1.1, XProc 2.0
  • Schematron: ISO Schematron 2006, ISO Schematron 2016
  • EXPath: EXPath
  • Please help providing missing XPath hosts    ...

• Potential language host

• Existing related syntax (subset, superset or else)

  • Subset
    • XML Schema 1.0 subsets
    • XML Signature Streaming Profile of XPath 1.0
    • Core XPath
  • Related (not striclty a superset nor stricly a subset)
    • Regular XPath
  • Superset
    • XQuery and XPath 2.0 Full Text

• Existing extensions to the functions and operators

  • EXPath...