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<p>SQL/XML or XML-Related Specifications is part 14 of the <a href="/facts/Structured_Query_Language/UjQLJcYm">Structured Query Language</a> (SQL) specification. In addition to the traditional predefined SQL data types like NUMERIC, CHAR, TIMESTAMP, ... it introduces the predefined data type XML together with constructors, several routines, functions, and XML-to-SQL data type mappings to support manipulation and storage of XML in a SQL <a href="/facts/Database/VYcpkevb">database</a>. </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/SQL%3a2003/V9GLzgLQ">SQL:2003-14</a> defines the basic datatype, mappings, predicates and functions.</li> <li><a href="/facts/SQL%3a2006/MEHeIbM7">SQL:2006-14</a>, <a href="/facts/SQL%3a2008/AvdA9y8s">SQL:2008-14</a> and <a href="/facts/SQL%3a2011/ocV3IJ5F">SQL:2011-14</a> expands the older versions and approaches to <a href="/facts/XQuery/47Ep0fSS">XQuery</a>.</li></ul>