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> On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 04:44:03PM +1100, Rick Jelliffe wrote: >> David Carlisle wrote: >> >>> No, he meant XSLT1, specifically that you can use the document() >>> function which is defined as an XPath function by XSLT not in the >>> Xpath rec. > >> That is correct. The normative references[3] are to XPath 1 and XSLT 1. > > Thanks, Rick. I was afraid they were generic references. No, Schematron's framework is defined formally using predicate logic and the default query language is defined down to the specific productions in XPath 1 and XSLT 1. A mechanism for using other data models and query languages is provided (and schemas have to have an attribute to specify that they are not using the defaults.) The spec has only about 22 normative printed pages (which is pretty good for something more powerful for validation than XML Schemas Structures, and which got the top score at the Schema Language Shootout at that XML Conference a couple of years ago.) > Probably > better for ISO to update their spec in a year or so to reflect > the latest XPath than to have implementations using differing versions. Using Schematron with XPath2 is currently allowed, without requiring any update to the ISO Standard. If users want the XPath2 query language binding to be standardized, there is no problem, but the initiative has to come from real users or implementers (e.g. through their national bodies, or by direct request). Other standards bodies can make their own XPath2 profiles if they need them, of course. ISO DSDL does not use take a PSVI approach, it is strictly XML-in/XML-out. So probably some other body like W3C would be better than ISO for making a profile using XPath2 over the PSVI. Cheers Rick Jelliffe
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