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Re: RE: Concerned about the increasing reliance on XPath

• From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 00:12:11 +0100

> Assessing the<Item>  elements is easy; they just contain decimal values. Assessing the<Total>  element is probably impossible since it can contain any arbitrary XPath expression.
>

Eh? Given that there are dozens of XPath processors available in every 
shape and size, how can evaluating an XPath expression be described as 
"probably impossible"?

Michael Kay
Saxonica

• References:
  • Concerned about the increasing reliance on XPath
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
  • RE: Concerned about the increasing reliance on XPath
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>