Re: Can a match attribute use a non-pattern expression?

>Axis Identifiers are a part of location paths...
>
>>From Section 6.1
>
>[3] RelativeLocationPath ::= Step | ...
>
>[4] Step = AxisIdentifier '(' NodeTestPredicate ')' | AbbreviatedStep
>

Yes but relative location paths and steps are not part of patterns. Witness:



 [48] Pattern  ::=              LocationPathPattern
                                | Pattern '|' LocationPathPattern
 [49] LocationPathPattern ::=  '/' RelativePathPattern?
                         | IdKeyPattern (('/' | '//') RelativePathPattern)?
                                | '//'? RelativePathPattern
 [50] IdKeyPattern ::=          'id' '(' Literal ')'
                                | 'key' '(' Literal ',' Literal ')'
 [51] RelativePathPattern ::=   StepPattern
                                | RelativePathPattern '/' StepPattern
                                | RelativePathPattern '//' StepPattern
 [52] StepPattern ::=          AbbreviatedNodeTestStep
 [12]  AbbreviatedNodeTestStep ::=  '@'? NodeTest Predicate*



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