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RE: XPath matching elements with or without prefix by

Subject: RE: XPath matching elements with or without prefix by inherited namespace
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:42:03 -0000
RE:  XPath matching elements with or without prefix by
> How do I reliably match the "elem" element in both of the below
> documents:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8?>
> <p:example xmlns:p="something">
>   <elem>value</elem>
> </p:example>
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8?>
> <p:example xmlns:p="something">
>   <p:elem>value</p:elem>
> </p:example>
> 
> I believe that these are effectively identical as the prefix 
> on elem in the latter case is redundant and same the 
> namespace definition is inherited from p:example.

Wrong. In the first case elem is in no namespace, in the second case elem is
in the "something" namespace. So any code that wants to match has to test
for two different element names.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

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