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# MarkLogic Server 4.2 Documentation

This page contains documentation for MarkLogic Server Release 4.2.

## MarkLogic Documents

The following are the individual components of the MarkLogic Server 4.2 document set.

MarkLogic XQuery and XSLT Function Reference [html]
  API documentation for the MarkLogic built-in and module extensions to the XQuery and XSLT standard functions. It also contains API reference information for the W3C standard functions implemented in MarkLogic Server.

Administrator's Guide [pdf]
  Provides procedures for administrative tasks such as creating servers, creating databases, backing up databases, creating users, setting up your security policy, and so on.

Application Developer's Guide [pdf]
  Provides procedures, methodologies, and conceptual information about general application development tasks in MarkLogic Server.

Search Developer's Guide [pdf]
  Provides procedures, methodologies, and conceptual information about developing search-related applications in MarkLogic Server. Includes information about the Search API and the built-in search features of MarkLogic Server.

Application Builder Developer's Guide [pdf]
  Provides step-by step information on using the Application Builder to build a search application, and also provides information on customizing applications built with the Application Builder.

Information Studio Developer's Guide [pdf]
  Provides step-by step information on using the Information Studio to load content into MarkLogic Server.

Flexible Replication Guide [pdf]
  Provides step-by step information on replicating MarkLogic Server content.

Query Performance and Tuning Guide [pdf]
  Provides performance-related information that is useful to application developers and administrators.

Scalability, Availability, and Failover Guide [pdf]
  Provides information on large-scale system architecture, clustering, and details on setting up both local-disk failover and shared-disk failover.

Content Processing Framework Guide [pdf]
  Provides an introduction to the Content Processing Framework and procedures for installing the default content processing framework.

Understanding and Using Security Guide [pdf]
  Provides information on the role-based security model in MarkLogic Server.

Getting Started With MarkLogic Server [pdf]
  A quick, step-by-step overview of how to get up and running with MarkLogic Server.

Scripting Administrative Tasks Guide [pdf]
  Provides procedures for writing XQuery programs that use the MarkLogic APIs to perform administrative tasks such as creating servers, creating databases, backing up databases, creating users, setting up your security policy, and so on.

XQuery and XSLT Reference Guide [pdf]
  A condensed overview of the XQuery and XSLT languages, including a description of the three XQuery dialects supported in MarkLogic Server and descriptions of the MarkLogic extensions to XQuery and XSLT. This book does includes some syntax information, although it is primarily intended as in introduction and quick-reference to the language, not as a comprehensive reference.

4.2 Release Notes [pdf]
  Contains a summary of new features, upgrade compatibility information, and other information about this release.

Installation Guide [pdf]
  Contains procedures for installing and upgrading MarkLogic Server on all platforms.

XCC Developer's Guide [pdf]
  Contains an overview of the what you can do with the XCC libraries, examples of how to use XCC, and an overview of the sample applications included with XCC.

XCC Javadoc [html]
  API documentation for the MarkLogic XML Content Connector for Java (XCC/J) API.

.NET XCC API Documentation [html]
  API documentation for the MarkLogic XCC .NET C# API.

MarkLogic Connector for SharePoint® Administrator's Guide [pdf]
  The documentation for the MarkLogic Connector for SharePoint®, which allows you to mirror documents from a Microsoft SharePoint repository in MarkLogic Server.

## ZIP File of All MarkLogic 4.2 Documentation

Click the following link to download a zip file containing the latest MarkLogic Server 4.2 documentation.

- MarkLogic_4.2_pubs.zip [10.0 MB]

# W3C XQuery Language Documents

MarkLogic Server 4.2 implements the W3C XQuery 1.0 Recommendations. Additionally, there is backwards compatibility with the May 2003 version of the XQuery specification used in MarkLogic Server 3.2 and previous versions. For details on the XQuery implementation in MarkLogic Server 4.2, including the three different dialects supported, see the XQuery Reference Guide. Visit the W3C site for complete standards documentation.

- W3C XQuery 1.0 Language Recommendation
- W3C XQuery 1.0 Functions & Operators Recommendation
- W3C XPath 2.0 Recommendation
- W3C XQuery Use Cases