Looking to bolster query capabilities for its NoSQL database, Couchbase this week is trumpeting the arrival of its N1QL “next-generation” declarative query language, which brings SQL-like querying to Couchbase Server, the company’s distributed, JSON document datastore.

Although currently available only for Couchbase, the technology could be adopted by competitors for use in rival NoSQL databases. “First of all, it’s open source and we encourage the other NoSQL vendors to adopt it,” Doug Laird, Couchbase, chief marketing officer, said at the Couchbase Connect 2015 conference Wednesday in Silicon Valley. (Officials at rival NoSQL platform MongoDB could not immediately be reached Wednesday afternoon for a response to Laird’s offer.)

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