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Beside the standard [http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions-30/ XQuery Functions], BaseX offers additional function modules, which are listed in the following table.
All modules are statically bound, which means that they need not (but may) be explicitly declared in the query prolog.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Module
! Description
! Prefix
! Namespace URI
|-
| [[Cryptographic Module|Cryptography]]
| Cryptographic functions, based on the [http://expath.org/spec/crypto EXPath Cryptograhic] module.
| <code>crypto</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://expath.org/ns/crypto</nowiki></code>
|-
| [[Database Module|Database]]
| Functions for accessing and updating databases.
| <code>db</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://basex.org/modules/db</nowiki></code>
|-
| [[File Module|File]]
| File handling, based on the latest draft of the [http://expath.org/spec/file EXPath File] module.
| <code>file</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://expath.org/ns/file</nowiki></code>
|-
| [[Full-Text Module|Full-Text]]
| Functions for performing full-text operations.
| <code>ft</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://basex.org/modules/ft</nowiki></code>
|-
| [[HTTP Module|HTTP]]
| Sending HTTP requests, based on the [http://expath.org/spec/http-client EXPath HTTP] module.
| <code>http</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://expath.org/ns/http-client</nowiki></code>
|-
| [[Higher-Order Functions Module|Higher-Order]]
| Additional higher-order functions that are not in the standard libraries.
| <code>hof</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://basex.org/modules/hof</nowiki></code>
|-
| [[Index Module|Index]]
| Functions for requesting details on database indexes. {{Version|7.1}}
| <code>index</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://basex.org/modules/index</nowiki></code>
|-
| [[JSON Module|JSON]]
| Parsing and serializing [http://www.json.org JSON documents].
| <code>json</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://basex.org/modules/json</nowiki></code>
|-
| [[Map Module|Map]]
| Functions for handling maps (key/value pairs).
| <code>map</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/map</nowiki></code>
|-
| [[Math Module|Math]]
| Mathematical operations, extending the [http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions-30/ W3C Working Draft].
| <code>math</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/math</nowiki></code>
|-
| [[Repository Module|Repository]]
| Installing, deleting and listing packages. {{Version|7.1}}
| <code>repo</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://basex.org/modules/repo</nowiki></code>
|-
| [[SQL Module|SQL]]
| JDBC bridge to access relational databases.
| <code>sql</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://basex.org/modules/sql</nowiki></code>
|-
| [[Utility Module|Utility]]
| Utility functions, used for data conversions, profiling and dynamic evaluation.
| <code>util</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://basex.org/modules/util</nowiki></code>
|-
| [[XSLT Module|XSLT]]
| Stylesheet transformations, based on Java’s and Saxon’s XSLT processor.
| <code>xslt</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://basex.org/modules/xslt</nowiki></code>
|-
| [[ZIP Module|ZIP]]
| ZIP functionality, based on the [http://expath.org/spec/zip EXPath ZIP] module.
| <code>zip</code>
| <code><nowiki>http://expath.org/ns/zip</nowiki></code>
|}
[[Category:XQuery]]