Tamino XQuery Syntax Construct	W3C XQuery Expression	Short Description
AbbreviatedStep	AbbreviatedForwardStep, AbbreviatedReverseStep	select context, parent, or attribute node using abbreviated syntax
AbsolutePathExpr	subsumed in PathExpr	select nodes on the absolute path
AdditiveExpr	AdditiveExpr	add or subtract numerical values
AndExpr	AndExpr	check if both of two expressions are logically true
AnyKindTest	AnyKindTest	check for any kind of node
AttributeList	AttributeList	create a list of attributes
AttributeTest	AttributeTest (Draft of October 29, 2004)	check for attribute nodes
AttributeValue	AttributeValue	define value of an attribute in construction
AttributeValueContent	AttributeValueContent	define value content of an attribute in construction
Axis	ForwardAxis, ReverseAxis	direction of movement on a path
AxisStep	ForwardStep, ReverseStep	create and possibly filter a sequence of nodes
CommentTest	CommentTest	check for comment nodes
CompCommentConstructor	CompCommentConstructor (Draft of October 29, 2004)	construct an XML comment by computing an expression
CompExpr	CompExpr (Draft of October 29, 2004)	comparison expression
CompPIConstructor	CompPIConstructor (Draft of October 29, 2004)	construct a processing instruction by computing an expression
CompTextConstructor	CompTextConstructor (Draft of October 29, 2004)	construct a text node by computing an expression
ComputedAttributeConstructor	ComputedAttributeConstructor	construct an attribute by computing an expression
ComputedDocumentConstructor	CompDocConstructor	construct a document by computing an expression
ComputedElementConstructor	ComputedElementConstructor	construct an element by computing an expression
Constructor	Constructor	constructor expression
DefaultCollationDecl	DefaultCollationDecl (Draft of November 12, 2003)	declare a default collation
DefaultNamespaceDecl	DefaultNamespaceDecl (Draft of November 12, 2003)	declare a default (function) namespace
DeleteClause	—	delete a node sequence
DirectCommentConstructor	DirCommentConstructor (Draft of October 29, 2004)	construct an XML comment
ElementConstructor	ElementConstructor	construct an XML element
ElementContent	ElementContent	define content of an element in construction
ElementNameOrFunctionCall	FunctionCall	represent an element or call a function
ElementTest	ElementTest (Draft of October 29, 2004)	check for element nodes
EnclosedExpr	EnclosedExpr	evaluate a sequence of expressions
Expr	Expr	basic XQuery expression
ExprSequence	ExprSequence	construct a sequence of expressions
FLWORExpr	FLWORExpr (Draft of October 29, 2004)	iterate over sequences of items
FLWUExpr	—	perform one or more update operations
ForClause	ForClause	bind variables by evaluating expressions
FunctionDecl	FunctionDecl (Draft of October 29, 2004)	declare a user-defined function
GeneralComp	GeneralComp	compare sequences
GeneralStep	subsumed in StepExpr	create and possibly filter item sequence
IfExpr	IfExpr (Draft of October 29, 2004)	conditional expression based on if, then, and else
InsertClause	—	insert a node sequence at update position
IntersectExceptExpr	IntersectExceptExpr	combine node sequences
ItemType	ItemType (Draft of October 29, 2004)	specify the type of an item
KindTest	KindTest	check the kind of node
LetClause	LetClause	bind variables by evaluating expressions
LibraryModule	LibraryModule (Draft of October 29, 2004)	provide XQuery fragment to other modules
Literal	Literal	numeric or string literal
MainModule	MainModule (Draft of October 29, 2004)	obligatory XQuery module with query body
ModuleDecl	ModuleDecl (Draft of October 29, 2004)	identify library module
ModuleImport	ModuleImport (Draft of October 29, 2004)	import one or more library modules
MultiplicativeExpr	MultiplicativeExpr	multiply or divide numerical value
NamespaceDecl	NamespaceDecl (Draft of November 12, 2003)	declare a namespace
NameTest	NameTest	select nodes by name or wildcard
NoAxisStep	—	create and possibly filter node sequence on current axis
NodeComp	NodeComp (Draft of October 29, 2004)	compare two nodes
NodeTest	NodeTest	check if nodes satisfy conditions on the kind or name
NumericLiteral	NumericLiteral	numeric literal
OrderByClause	OrderByClause (Draft of October 29, 2004)	order intermediate results
OrExpr	OrExpr	check if one or both of two expression are logically true
ParenthesizedExpr	ParenthesizedExpr	expression sequence enclosed in parentheses
PathExpr	PathExpr	select nodes on a path
Pragma	Pragma (Draft of October 29, 2004)	query processor directive
PrimaryExpr	PrimaryExpr	basic XQuery primitive
ProcessingInstructionTest	ProcessingInstructionTest	check for processing instruction nodes
Prolog	Prolog (Draft of October 29, 2004)	create environment for query processing
RangeExpr	RangeExpr	construct a sequence of consecutive integers
RelativePathExpr	RelativePathExpr	select nodes on the relative path
RenameClause	—	rename the nodes of a node sequence
ReplaceClause	—	replace a node
SequenceType	SequenceType (Draft of October 29, 2004)	specify the type of an XQuery value
SerializationSpec	XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 Serialization (Draft of November 12, 2003)	specify serialization of query output
SortExpr	SortExpr	sort a sequence of items
SortSpecList	SortSpecList, SortModifier	define ordering expression and sort direction
StepExpr	StepExpr	create and possibly filter a sequence of items
StepQualifiers	Predicates	restrict item sequence to those matching one or more predicates
TaminoQPIExecution	—	determine parameters of query execution
TaminoQPIExplain	—	retrieve query execution plan
TaminoQPIInline	—	use default inlining strategy for user-defined functions
TaminoQPIOptimization	—	choose query optimization strategy
TextTest	TextTest	check for text nodes
TreatExpr	TreatExpr (Draft of October 29, 2004)	modify static type of operand
UnaryExpr	UnaryExpr	negate numerical value of an expression
UnionExpr	UnionExpr	combine node sequences
UpdateExpr	—	update expression
UpdateIfExpr	—	conditional update expression
UpdateSequence	—	sequence of update expressions
UpdatingFunction	—	updating function invocation
UpdatingFunctionDecl	—	declaration of an updating function
ValueComp	ValueComp	compare single values
VarDecl	VarDecl (Draft of October 29, 2004)	declare a variable in query prolog
VersionDecl	—	specifies the version of the XQuery language — reserved for future use
WhereClause	WhereClause	filter intermediate results
Wildcard	Wildcard	select nodes matching the principal node kind
XmlProcessingInstruction	DirPIConstructor	construct an XML processing instruction
XQueryModule	Module (Draft of October 29, 2004)	top-level XQuery syntax construct

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