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Re: XPath and prefix bindings

• From: Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com>
• To: Fraser Goffin <goffinf@gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:44:48 +0100

> <dis:Numbers xmlns:dis="urn:numbers">
>         <NS1:Odds xmlns:NS1="urn:numbers">
>                 <NS1:One>1</NS1:One>
>                 <NS1:Three>3</NS1:Three>
>                 <NS1:Five>5</NS1:Five>
>         </NS1:Odds>
>         <NS1:Evens>
>                 <NS1:Two>2</NS1:Two>
>                 <NS1:Four>4</NS1:Four>
>                 <NS1:Six>6</NS1:Six>
>         </NS1:Evens>
> </dis:Numbers>

> If however I add the declaration for NS1 to the root element the XPath
> locates the node with no problem

> What am I mis-understanding here ?

It's not namespace well formed because the NS1 prefix on Evens isn't
mapped... as you say moving the declaration so that it's in scope for
NS1:Evens fixes the problem.


-- 
Andrew Welch
http://andrewjwelch.com

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