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RE: XPath 2.0 - how much of XQuery should it include?

• To: "Jonathan Robie" <jonathan.robie@d...>,"Jeni Tennison" <jeni@j...>
• Subject: RE: XPath 2.0 - how much of XQuery should it include?
• From: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@m...>
• Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 14:18:54 -0700
• Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
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• Thread-topic: XPath 2.0 - how much of XQuery should it include?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Robie 
> [mailto:jonathan.robie@d...] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 1:38 PM
> To: Jeni Tennison
> Cc: xml-dev@l...
> Subject:  XPath 2.0 - how much of XQuery should it include?
> 
> >The closest that XPath 2.0 has to use cases is a bunch of 
> requirements. 
> >I can't see anything in that which indicates that cast, 
> treat, assert 
> >or validate is required for XPath 2.0, although there might be 
> >technical reasons that I haven't seen.
> 
> I would love to hear more opinions on this question.
> 
> And what other features of XPath 2.0 do you think are 
> overkill for XPath? 
> Is it a mistake for XPath to try to incorporate so much of 
> XQuery, or is 
> this what users really want?
> 
 
A mistake doesn't even begin to describe the degree of folly. 

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