Dear all, We are happy to announce a new major minor (minor major ?) release of BaseX, with support for XQuery 4.0 jnodes! XPath syntax can now be used to navigate in maps and arrays: https://docs.basex.org/13/XQuery_4.0#jnodes As the feature is still fresh, all your feedback is welcome to improve it further. Here is a change log of the other additions: XQUERY 4.0 - JNodes: XPath traversal in map/array structures - Improved string representation of function items - XML, JSON: canonical serialization - Namespace declarations: support for 'fixed' and '##any' XQUERY - HTML Parsing without parser: wrap HTML contents as string value - file:delete: raise no error if target does not exist - file:copy: Preserve capitalization of target path GUI - Support for FlatLaf Look and Feels - Editor: Improved closing of tags FIXES, PERFORMANCE - xquery:fork-join was fixed - info/debugging strings: increased output length - numerous tweaks to take advantage of recent JVMs - fn:path: caching of repeatedly accessed steps Visit the following page to get a full list of new features that will officially be supported with BaseX 13: https://docs.basex.org/13/Changelog Visit our homepage to download the latest version: https://basex.org Have fun, yours, BaseX Team Christian