XPath and the languages that use it - XSLT, XQuery, XForms, Schematron and many more - share with natural language that you can say things in many ways. XPath 3 adds new ways of saying things that can be both exciting and sometimes a little daunting. Let’s look at some new operators in XPath 3 and see how they can make things clearer and how to use them to write XPath expressions that are clearer and easier to read.

The XML Slack channel has been available for a month and the community is growing. Adam Retter uses XQuery to show the most common topics of discussion.

Erik Siegel continues his series on using XProc 3.0 with a description of how to use ports to connect steps.

Erik Siegel introduces version 3.0 of XProc, the XML based programming language for processing documents in pipelines.

Steven Pemberton continues his series on XForms by constructing a conference website.

Steven Pemberton continues his series on XForms with an example of building a news carousel.

Steven Pemberton continues his XForms series with an example of coding a game.

Steven Pemberton continues his series on XForms with a tutorial on displaying a clock.

Steven Pemberton continues his series on XForms with an example of building a calendar.

Steven Pemberton continues his series on XForms with an explanation of how to view data in XForms