[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: We need an XPath API
Charles Reitzel writes, doing an admirable job of assimilating all these contributions - > > Doesn't XPointer just use XPath? In which case, the lib should be able to > do these things. I guess this starts getting into XSLT and > XPointer-specific extensions to XPath. This probably calls for a couple > SAX-style extension identifier URNs. So an app can say "I need XSLT 1.1 > XPath extensions" and the parser can say yes or no. > XPointer starts with XPath and then adds extensions so you can specify part of a node (like part of a text block), or a range of nodes, or combinations. Easy to picture, infernally hard to deal with when you are thinking in terms of nice clean node sets. Cheers, Tom P
|
PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced! Download The World's Best XML IDE!Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today! Subscribe in XML format
|