Element Constructors

• Tags are given as literals

• XQuery expression which is evaluated to become the contents of the element is enclosed in curly braces

• The contents can also contain literal text outside the braces

List titles of all books in a bib element. Put each title in a book element.

<bib>
  {
   for $t in document("bib.xml")/bib/book/title
   return
    <book>
     { $t }
    </book>
  }
</bib>

Adapted from XML Query Use Cases