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> I thought that the following XPath steps are equivanent: > > something[name()='lalala'] > something[self::lalala] > > However, it isn't so. <snip/> > Why does it so? A NameTest used in a step of a path expression selects nodes of the principal node kind for the axis used in that step. The principal node kind for the self axis is "element". A well-known gotcha (well-known to those who know it, anyway). In 2.0 you can write self::attribute(lalala). Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
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