W3C Xquery
# W3C XQuery Activities
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XQuery is a language used to extract data from XML documents.
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## Tutorial
To learn more about XQuery, please read our (#).
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## XQuery Versions
### XQuery 1.0
The XQuery language supports query tools for extracting data from XML documents.
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## W3C XQuery Specifications and Timeline
| Specification | Draft/Proposal | Recommendation Date |
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| XQuery Requirements | [23. Mar 2007](http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-requirements/) | |
| XQuery Use Cases | [23. Mar 2007](http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-use-cases/) | |
| XQuery 1.0 | | [14. Dec 2010](http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery/) |
| XQuery 1.0 Functions | | [14. Dec 2010](http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/) |
| XQuery 1.0 Data Model | | [14. Dec 2010](http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-datamodel/) |
| XQuery 1.0 Semantics | | [14. Dec 2010](http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-semantics/) |
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| XQueryX | | [14. Dec 2010](http://www.w3.org/TR/xqueryx/) |
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| XQuery 3.0 Requirements | [16. Sep 2010](http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-11-requirements/) | |
| XQuery 3.0 Use Cases | [14. Dec 2010](http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-11-use-cases/) | |
| XQuery 3.0 | [14. Jun 2010](http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-11/) | |
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## W3C Reference Manual:
(http://www.w3.org/Style/xsl)
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