----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Robie" <>
To: "Dare Obasanjo" <>; "Jeff Greif"
<>; <>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] W3C's five new XQuery/Xpath2 working drafts - Still
missing Updates
> >For those of us that were not able to attend XML 2001, is there any
material
> >related to your presentation online such as PDFs, Powerpoint slides or
similar
> >material? I am primarily curious as to whether this update proposal is
similar
> >to the grammar on the Microsoftr XML demo site at
> >http://131.107.228.20/grammar.html or more like the proposal from the UW
> >database group at
> >http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/zives/research/updatingXML.pdf or
something
> >completely different.
>
> I can send a PowerPoint and some sample queries. I hope to start work with
> other companies in January to produce an updated proposal. The Microsoft
> implementaton and ours are *very* similar, which is not surprising, since
> we worked with Microsoft, IBM, and Crossgain on the original proposal from
> which our implementations are derived. I think that we can iron out the
> differences and create one joint proposal.
>
I would greatly appreciate the Powerpoint and some sample queries. Perhaps
putting it online would be a better choice than sending it to me directly so
others can find it as well.
> I would say that keeping pressure on the W3C to have updates in XQuery is
> the right way to go. I think that the W3C is likely to be responsive, and
> there are certainly vendors on the WG that want to make this happen. Send
> feedback to the following mailing list:
>
>
>
> Remember that nobody is obligated to respond to anything on xml-dev, so our
> comments list is the right place to post if you want to put pressure on us.
>
Ok, I will. However I hope someone actually reads them, from what I've seen
from the most recent list archives
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-query-comments/2001Dec/thread.html
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-query-comments/2001Nov/thread.html
most of the traffic is spam thus I wonder exactly how many WG members actually
bother to check the messages on the list.
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