"Like it or not, the SQL standard is in its twilight years, with XQuery poised to overtake it in terms of major new applications by 2010."

Oracle's Jim Melton, co-lead of XQJ, the XQuery API for Java

Stylus Scoop Editor Ivan Pedruzzi was privileged to chat with Dr. Daniela Florescu, Editor of the W3C XQuery Specificationabout where XQuery is today, and where it's heading.

Catch the interview here.