File: Data.xml
<order>
<car model="A">
<id>1111</id>
<name language="en">name 1</name>
</car>
<car model="B">
<id>2222</id>
<name language="en">name 2</name>
</car>
<car model="B">
<id>8888</id>
<name language="en">name 3</name>
</car>
</order>
File: Query.xquery
declare function local:prod2ndDigit($prod as element()?) as xs:string? {
substring($prod/id, 2, 1)
};
doc("Data.xml")//car[local:prod2ndDigit(.) > "5"]
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<car model="B">
<id>8888</id>
<name language="en">name 3</name>
</car>