Консорциум W3C выпустил восемь новых рекомендаций, касающихся XML:
1. XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0
2. XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 2.0
3. XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language
4. XML Syntax for XQuery 1.0 (XQueryX)
5. XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model (XDM)
6. XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators
7. XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Formal Semantics
8. XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 Serialization