• Chapter 1: Getting Started with Stylus Studio®
• Chapter 2: Editing and Querying XML
• Chapter 3: Converting Non-XML Files to XML
• Chapter 4: Converting EDI to XML
• Chapter 5: Working with XSLT
• Chapter 6: Creating XSLT Using the XSLT Mapper
• Chapter 7: Debugging Stylesheets
• Chapter 8: Defining XML Schemas
• Chapter 9: Defining Document Type Definitions
• Chapter 10: Writing XPath Expressions
• Chapter 11: Working with XQuery in Stylus Studio
  • Getting Started with XQuery in Stylus Studio
  • An XQuery Primer
    • What is XQuery For?
    • Your First XQueries
    • Accessing XML Documents with XQuery
    • XQuery and XPath
    • Introduction to FLWOR Expressions
    • Generating XML Output with XQuery
    • Accessing Databases with XQuery
  • Understanding FLWOR Expressions
  • Building an XQuery Using the Mapper
  • Working with the XQuery collection() Function
  • Debugging XQuery
  • Using DataDirect XQuery® Execution Plans
  • Creating an XQuery Scenario
  • Generating XQuery Documentation
  • Using XQuery to Invoke a Web Service
  • Using Web Services in XQuery
  • Generating Java Code for XQuery
  • Generating C# Code for XQuery
• Chapter 12: Composing Web Service Calls
• Chapter 13: Working with WSDL Documents
• Chapter 14: Building XML Pipelines
• Chapter 15: Publishing XML Data
• Chapter 16: Integrating with Third-Party File Systems
• Chapter 17: Extending Stylus Studio
• Chapter 18: The Stylus Studio Java API
• Chapter 19: Stylus Studio GUI Reference

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This XQuery primer was adapted from a whitepaper written by Dr. Michael Kay. You can read the original document on the Stylus Studio Web site. This primer covers the following topics: