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Is XQuery Updates an option for you? http://www.w3.org/TR/xqupdate/ I think it gives you the functionality you need. Jonathan Farrukh Najmi wrote: > > I am working on a specification for a service that offers CRUD > operations on XML documents that conform to a standard schema. > We have C, R and D under control and are looking for an good > standards-based solution for supporting partial updates for XML > documents already in the server. > > I would like to define the schema for an UpdateRequest which > identifies a server resident XML document by its unique id and provides > an XML element (lets call it UpdateInfo) that encapsulates how the > server resident object should be updated. The content of the UpdateInfo > element should specify how to partially update the desired XML > document while leaving the rest of it unchanged. > > I am unfamiliar with XQuery but I suspect that it may be allow me to > embed an XQuery statement within the UpdateInfo element to specify how > to partially update the target XML document. The server would fetch > the XML document by its id and then process it using the XQuery to > modify it before storing it back. > > Another option might be to use simpler XPath/XSLT expressions to do > the same. > > Does any one have any experience or advice on how best to do this. > > BTW, the specification I am working on is OASIS ebXML RegRep 4.0. > > TIA for your help. >
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