Elliotte,

Sorry I misunderstood what you were complaining about. Patterns and not
Paths.

Since match patterns by themselves do not have a current context

Things like

<xsl:template match=".">...</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="from-children(para)>

don't make sense, since you are not selecting from anything.


For verbosity perhaps some has- and is- Axis identifiers could be added
to the language..

<xsl:template match="is-element-with-name(foo)">

<xsl:template match="is-element-with-name(foo)[has-children(bar)]">

<xsl:template match="is-element-with-name(*)[has-attribute(foo)]">

<xsl:template match="is-attribute-with-name(foo)">


Personally I don't like the verbose model.


--Keith

Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:
> 
> Yes but relative location paths and steps are not part of patterns.
>


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