XQuery for Humanists (Coding for Humanists) - Softcover

Anderson, Clifford B.; Wicentowski, Joseph C.

 
9781623498290: XQuery for Humanists (Coding for Humanists)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1623498295 ISBN 13: 9781623498290
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press, 2020

Synopsis

XQuery is the best language for querying, manipulating, and transforming XML and JSON documents. Because XML is in many ways the lingua franca of the digital humanities, learning XQuery empowers humanists to discover and analyze their data in new ways.

Until now, though, XQuery has been difficult to learn because there was no textbook designed for non- or beginner programmers. XQuery for Humanists fills this void with an approachable guidebook aimed directly at digital humanists.

Clifford B. Anderson and Joseph C. Wicentowski introduce XQuery in terms accessible to humanities scholars and do not presuppose any prior background in programming. It provides an informed, opinionated overview and recommends the best implementations, libraries, and paradigms to empower those who need it most. Emphasizing practical applicability, the authors go beyond the XQuery language to include the basics of underlying standards like XPath, related standards like XQuery Full Text and XQuery Update, and explain the difference between XQuery and languages like Python and R. This book will afford readers the skills they need to build and analyze large-scale documentary corpora in XML. 

XQuery for Humanists is immeasurably valuable to instructors of digital humanities and library science courses alike and likewise is a ready reference for faculty, graduate students, and librarians who seek to master XQuery for their projects.

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About the Author

CLIFFORD B. ANDERSON is associate university librarian for research and digital initiatives at Vanderbilt University. He resides in Nashville, Tennessee. JOSEPH C. WICENTOWSKI is digital history advisor in the Office of the Historian at the US Department of State. He resides in Arlington, Virginia.

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Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1623498295
ISBN 13 
9781623498290
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
350