creators_name: Fourny, Ghislain
creators_name: Pilman, Markus
creators_name: Florescu, Daniela
creators_name: Kossmann, Donald
creators_name: Kraska, Tim
creators_name: McBeath, Darin
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2009-04-06 19:11:40
lastmod: 2009-04-07 14:02:43
metadata_visibility: show
title: XQuery in the Browser
ispublished: pub
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
abstract: Since the invention of the Web, the browser has become more and more powerful. By now, it is a programming and execution environment in itself. The predominant language to program applications in the browser today is JavaScript. With browsers becoming more powerful, JavaScript has been extended and new layers have been added (e.g., DOM-Support and XPath). Today, JavaScript is very successful and applications and GUI features implemented in the browser have become increasingly complex. The purpose of this paper is to improve the programmability of Web browsers by enabling the execution of XQuery programs in the browser. Although it has the potential to ideally replace JavaScript, it is possible to run it in addition to JavaScript for more flexibility. Furthermore, it allows instant code migration from the server to the client and vice-versa. This enables a significant simplification of the technology stack. The intuition is that programming the browser involves mostly XML (i.e., DOM) navigation and manipulation, and the XQuery family of W3C standards were designed exactly for that purpose. The paper proposes extensions to XQuery for Web browsers and gives a number of examples that demonstrate the usefulness of XQuery for the development of AJAX-style applications. Furthermore, the paper presents the design of an XQuery plug-in for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The paper also gives examples of applications which were developed with the help of this plug-in.
date: 2009-04
pagerange: 1011-1011
event_title: 18th International World Wide Web Conference
event_location: Madrid, Spain
event_dates: April 20th-24th, 2009
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
citation: Fourny, Ghislain <http://www2009.eprints.org/view/author/Fourny=3AGhislain=3A=3A.html> and Pilman, Markus <http://www2009.eprints.org/view/author/Pilman=3AMarkus=3A=3A.html> and Florescu, Daniela <http://www2009.eprints.org/view/author/Florescu=3ADaniela=3A=3A.html> and Kossmann, Donald <http://www2009.eprints.org/view/author/Kossmann=3ADonald=3A=3A.html> and Kraska, Tim <http://www2009.eprints.org/view/author/Kraska=3ATim=3A=3A.html> and McBeath, Darin <http://www2009.eprints.org/view/author/McBeath=3ADarin=3A=3A.html> (2009) XQuery in the Browser. In: 18th International World Wide Web Conference, April 20th-24th, 2009, Madrid, Spain.
document_url: http://www2009.eprints.org/102/1/p1011.pdf