From 4c488e857eca84948d0d3057ec87296f92bce944 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Eisentraut
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 17:59:36 +0000
Subject: Update SQL conformance information about XML features.

---
 doc/src/sgml/features.sgml | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/features.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/features.sgml
index 26979adf525..eae4ba5a11b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/features.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/features.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/features.sgml,v 2.26 2007/01/31 20:56:17 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/features.sgml,v 2.27 2007/02/03 17:59:35 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <appendix id="features">
  <title>SQL Conformance</title>
@@ -14,19 +14,21 @@
  <para>
   The formal name of the SQL standard is ISO/IEC 9075 <quote>Database
   Language SQL</quote>.  A revised version of the standard is released
-  from time to time; the most recent one appearing in late 2003.  That
-  version is referred to as ISO/IEC 9075:2003, or simply as SQL:2003.
-  The versions prior to that were SQL:1999 and SQL-92.  Each version
+  from time to time; the most recent full update appearing in 2003,
+  with a partial update appearing in 2006.  The 2003 version is
+  referred to as ISO/IEC 9075:2003, or simply as SQL:2003.  The
+  versions prior to that were SQL:1999 and SQL-92.  Each version
   replaces the previous one, so claims of conformance to earlier
   versions have no official merit.
   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> development aims for
   conformance with the latest official version of the standard where
   such conformance does not contradict traditional features or common
-  sense.  The PostgreSQL project was not represented in the ISO/IEC
-  9075 Working Group during the preparation of SQL:2003.  Even so,
-  many of the features required by SQL:2003 are already supported,
-  though sometimes with slightly differing syntax or function.
-  Further moves towards conformance should be expected in later releases.
+  sense.  The PostgreSQL project is not represented in the ISO/IEC
+  9075 Working Group during the preparation of the SQL standard
+  releases, but even so, many of the features required by the SQL
+  standard are supported, though sometimes with slightly differing
+  syntax or function.  Further moves towards conformance can be
+  expected over time.
  </para>
 
  <para>
@@ -56,20 +58,20 @@
   are not consecutively numbered.
 
   <itemizedlist>
-   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-1 Framework (<acronym>SQL/Framework</acronym>)</para></listitem>
-   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-2 Foundation (<acronym>SQL/Foundation</acronym>)</para></listitem>
-   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-3 Call Level Interface (<acronym>SQL/CLI</acronym>)</para></listitem>
-   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-4 Persistent Stored Modules (<acronym>SQL/PSM</acronym>)</para></listitem>
-   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-9 Management of External Data (<acronym>SQL/MED</acronym>)</para></listitem>
-   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-10 Object Language Bindings (<acronym>SQL/OLB</acronym>)</para></listitem>
-   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-11 Information and Definition Schemas (<acronym>SQL/Schemata</acronym>)</para></listitem>
-   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-13 Routines and Types using the Java Language (<acronym>SQL/JRT</acronym>)</para></listitem>
-   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-14 XML-related specifications (<acronym>SQL/XML</acronym>)</para></listitem>
+   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-1 Framework (SQL/Framework)</para></listitem>
+   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-2 Foundation (SQL/Foundation)</para></listitem>
+   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-3 Call Level Interface (SQL/CLI)</para></listitem>
+   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-4 Persistent Stored Modules (SQL/PSM)</para></listitem>
+   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-9 Management of External Data (SQL/MED)</para></listitem>
+   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-10 Object Language Bindings (SQL/OLB)</para></listitem>
+   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-11 Information and Definition Schemas (SQL/Schemata)</para></listitem>
+   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-13 Routines and Types using the Java Language (SQL/JRT)</para></listitem>
+   <listitem><para>ISO/IEC 9075-14 XML-related specifications (SQL/XML)</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </para>
 
  <para>
-  <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> covers parts 1, 2, and 11.
+  <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> covers parts 1, 2, 11, and 14.
   Part 3 is similar to the ODBC interface, and part 4 is similar to
   the <application>PL/pgSQL</application> programming language, but
   exact conformance is not specifically intended or verified in either
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