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On 18 June 2010 07:28, Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang.laun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Every now and then, people (not me) want to represent a Map<K,V> in XML by using > s.th. like > <map> > <k1>v1</k1> > <k2>v2</k2> > ... > </map> > with ki from K and vi from V. Apart from the obvious limitation for K's values, A less limiting approach is: <map key=" " value=" "/> > I feel that this is somehow violating the spirit of XML. I know what you mean.... but for name/value pairs its fine. > So, more specifically: Doesn't such a "structure" complicate the writing > of XSLT constructs? Aren't there any statements or expressions that > won't be usable at all? (I don't need an exhaustive list of what isn't > possible - I'm more interested in a general judgment.) Not really. The only issue is with the QName limitation on the K values, which you can avoid easily enough. There was talk of "sequences of sequences" in 2.1... I don't know whether that has made it. -- Andrew Welch http://andrewjwelch.com Kernow: http://kernowforsaxon.sf.net/
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