Re: More XSL Discussion

Matti Katajamaki wrote:
> 
> XSL already has constructs that always match, like <target-element/>. So I
> don't see anything bad in pattern matching with "zero or more" and "zero or
> one" constructs.

target-element matches an element, not the lack of an element. Consider:

<element type="list">
        <element type="item" count="any">
                <target-element ....>
        </element>
</element>

<list><a><b><c></list>

The rule above matches the list below but there *is no target 
element*.

Paul Prescod  - http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco

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Annie: "It's so clean down here."
Woody: "That's because they don't throw their garbage away. They make 
        it into television shows."


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