Conditional expression
File: Data.xml <order> <car model="A"> <id>0001</id> <name language="en">name 1</name> </car> <car model="B"> <id>0002</id> <name language="en">name 2</name> </car> <car model="B"> <id>0003</id> <name language="en">name 3</name> </car> </order> File: Query.xquery for $prod in (doc("Data.xml")/order/car) return if ($prod/@model = 'ACC') then <accessoryid>{data($prod/id)}</accessoryid> else <otherid>{data($prod/id)}</otherid> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <otherid>0001</otherid> <otherid>0002</otherid> <otherid>0003</otherid>