Enclosed expressions that evaluate to elements
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 $prod in doc("Data.xml")/order/car return <li>id: {$prod/id}</li> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <li>id: <id>0001</id> </li> <li>id: <id>0002</id> </li> <li>id: <id>0003</id> </li>