Date: Dec. 3, 1998
Link: http://www.w3.org/TandS/QL/QL98/pp/microsoft-extensions.html
Source Author or Organization: Adam Bosworth, Microsoft

Excerpted from "Purpose of this Document": "Discuss requirements for an XML query language and then propose a straw-man solution largely for the purpose of illustrating the requirements and at least one manner in which they can be met. The specific syntax below, therefore, shouldn’t be considered seriously. It is used only to illustrate the function points being made and to demonstrate that many of the requirements can be met. It is assumed that a working group within the W3C would actually work both on the underlying algebra of any query language and on the syntax."