XML Feature Pack (XPath 2.0/XSLT 2.0/XQuery 1.0) Beta Links

I have been discussing the WAS V7 Feature Pack for XML Beta (XML Feature Pack for short) with enough folks lately to realize that a single link that listed all the links that can help you start would be useful. So here goes. Go ahead and bookmark this link as I'll be updating it as the Beta moves along.

- General Availability Release Data Announcement - Nov 20th.

- Open Beta Website
-- Download code
-- Online documentation - Online Javadoc
-- Download documentation
-- Forum for discussion

- The WebSphere Community Blog (where I frequently post updates)
-- Beta 1 Blog Announcement
-- Beta 2 Blog Announcement
-- Beta 3 Blog Announcement
-- Beta 4 Blog Announcement
-- Release Date Annoucement

- Demo #1 (Introduction to the XML Feature Pack)
-- Part 1 (Standard/HD)
-- Part 2 (Standard/HD)

- Demo #2 (An end to end XPath 2.0 Application)
-- Part 1 (Standard/HD)
-- Part 2 (Standard/HD)

-Demo #3 (An end to end XSLT 2.0 Application)
-- Part 1 (Standard/HD)
-- Part 2 (Standard/HD)

- Demo #4 (Beta 2 Refresh valuable features)
-- Part 1 (Standard/HD)
-- Part 2 (Standard/HD)

- Demo #5 (An end to end XQuery 1.0 Application)
-- Part 1 (Standard/HD)
-- Part 2 (Standard/HD)

- Demo #6 (Beta 3 Highlights)
-- Part 1 (Standard/HD)

- Demo #7 (Thin Client for XML - Beta 4)
-- Part 1 (Standard/HD)

- W3C Specifications
-- XPath 2.0
-- XSLT 2.0
-- XQuery 1.0

- Great books on the standards
-- XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference (Programmer to Programmer)
-- XQuery

- Coverage of XML Feature Pack by news sites
-- Coverage of XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, and XQuery 1.0 (Beta 1)
-- Coverage of thin client (Beta 4)

Last updated: 2009-11-11