JSONiq: The History of a Query Language

NoSQL data stores support hierarchical, heterogeneous data such as XML, Java Script Object Notation (JSON), and Binary JSON (BSON). A need exists for a tailor-made language for querying such hierarchical, heterogeneous datasets. JSONiq was designed from the ground up to support JSON data and run against all JSON- or BSON-based data stores, turning them into full-fledged databases.