Bonjour,

just a little pointer: If you speak french and are new to XQuery (and especially if you are in the digital humanities) the following chapters from Farid Djaïdjas thesis might be of interest to you:

"XQuery pour les Humanités Numériques" http://files.basex.org/publications/dummies/XQuery%20pour%20les%20Humanit%e9...

This introduction and some others introductions and further material to get you started can be found at http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Getting_Started#Tutorials_and_Slides

Bien cordialement Dirk