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AndrewWatt200: >how many "root nodes" an XForms processor would see in, or associated with,a multinamespace XML document which contains three <xforms:model> elements. An XPath root node can only exist with relation to an XPath data model. The XPath spec likes to use the word "document" for this, but it is closer in concept to an "infoset". It can be seen through XPath APIs that in-memory trees, SAX streams, and other non-document things can be used as a source for an XPath data model. The XPath errata have a definitive mapping to infoset. Your hypothetical form would have at least three separate XPath data models, each with exactly one root node. (I say "at least" because any <xforms:model> can have multiple <xforms:instance>s.) Multi-namespace doesn't have any bearing on this. >For each of those root nodes which an XForms processor sees (I assume that you will suggest there are three), can you provide the element type (name) of the document element node which is the child node of the root node The document element node will always map to the user-chosen XML for the form. See below. >Can you also specify how many root nodes a non-XForms processor would see in the same document This is a non-well-formed question. Presumably, you are talking about some other XPath-based specification, in which case you'd need to read that specification to see what it says. Example: XSLT would represent an entire document as a single XPath data model, with a single root node. Let's make this really plain. Here's a portion of a document like what you described, with three <xforms:model>s. <html:html> <html:head> <xforms:model> <xforms:instance> <my:a/> </xforms:instance> </xforms:model> <xforms:model> <xforms:instance> <my:b/> </xforms:instance> </xforms:model> <xforms:model> <xforms:instance> <my:c/> </xforms:instance> </xforms:model> ... An XForms Processor will have three separate XPath data models to keep track of. Serialized, these would look like: 1) <my:a/> 2) <my:b/> 3) <my:c/> Note that: * All 3 XPath data models have a single root node. * All 3 XPath data models have a single document element node, as a child of the root node * The document element nodes are, respectively, my:a, my:b, and my:c * The root node is special and has no representation in markup. * In all 3 XPath data models, the html and xforms namespaced stuff is not present, and barring an extension function like document(), is inaccessible to XPath expressions. I hope this helps, .micah -----Original Message----- From: AndrewWatt2000@a... [mailto:AndrewWatt2000@a...] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 12:04 PM To: MDubinko@c...; xml-dev@l... Subject: Re: Changing XPath 1.0 Semantics in XForms 1.0? Micah, I was hoping that some of the bright guys on the list could come at this with a fresh pair of eyes. ... Typically, this isn't a list of shy individuals. :) .... I assume that you have already looked at this issue and made up your mind. :) Let me fill in the time until some other responses arrive by asking you how many "root nodes" an XForms processor would see in, or associated with, a multinamespace XML document which contains three <xforms:model> elements. For each of those root nodes which an XForms processor sees (I assume that you will suggest there are three), can you provide the element type (name) of the document element node which is the child node of the root node? Can you also specify how many root nodes a non-XForms processor would see in the same document and whether that root node / those root nodes would or would not be the same root node(s) that the XForms processor sees? Clear answers to those questions would help me better to understand your mode of thought on this issue. Regards Andrew Watt
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