Evan Lenz of XYZFind has created TransQuery, a small set of
XSLT conventions and processing model constraints that enable the
use of XSLT as a query language over multiple XML documents.
As well as the TransQuery specification, Lenz has created an FAQ and browser-based demo. There is also a
SourceForge-hosted open source
implementation of the specification.
There are discussions underway about creating an OASIS technical
committee for the further development of TransQuery. In an announcement
on XML-DEV, Karl Best wrote:
Upon the request by three eligible participants,
I have created an OASIS Discussion List whose purpose is to discuss
the possible creation of an OASIS Technical Committee. Discussion
on the list will begin in seven days, and the list and its archive
will be deleted after 90 days, after which time a TC may be formed
or not.
Archives
are available, and the list subscription
form is available on the OASIS mailing list site.