size of XQuery developer community

[Ronald Bourret]

Hmmmmm. What's the single killer app for SQL?

In both cases, I don't think there is one, in the sense that the Web is 
the killer app for the Internet or spreadsheets were the killer app for PCs.

I think that the combination of XQuery and XML databases simply make it 
possible to build applications that weren't feasible before because of 
limitations of the relational model to represent certain kinds of data, 
such as documents and semi-structured data.

Whether any of these is killer really depends on what business you're 
in. If you're an accountant, I doubt you'll be interested. If you're a 
publisher, you probably are.

-- Ron

Andrew Welch wrote:
> 2009/8/31 Daniela Florescu <http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk>:
>>> why do developers and architects so stubbornly refuse just to _listen_ ?
>> Because we don't talk to them (a) enough and (b) with a message that they
>> understand.
> 
> What is the number one "killer app" for XQuery, shining example that
> can be given to people when talking about XML databases - one that is
> high profile enough that they may have heard of it?