Hi all, the most recent version of the File Module has now been published on EXPath: http://expath.org/spec/file You may be interested to hear that the EXPath Project is now an official W3 Community Group: http://www.w3.org/community/expath/ This increases the chance that other XQuery Processors will also implement this and forthcoming modules: All the best, Christian PS: BaseX 7.4 can be expected in August or September.