[emmanueloga_]

... although, it seems neither JSONIq nor jq contain a "parent" operator, as far as I can tell.

[lichtenberger]

This might be too restricting regarding the storage.

But we have a function: https://github.com/sirixdb/brackit

[jolmg]

Not that not having it makes either of them any less powerful. If you descend to an inner context, you can refer to the parent/ancestor via a variable you can set before-hand.