Select element by level
File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <bib> <book year="1988"> <title>title 1</title> </book> <book year="2004"> <title>title 2</title> </book> </bib> File: Query.xquery <myNewBib>{ doc("Data.xml")/bib/book }</myNewBib> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <myNewBib> <book year="1988"> <title>title 1</title> </book> <book year="2004"> <title>title 2</title> </book> </myNewBib>