[XSL-LIST Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

Re: minor improvements to XSLT 3.0 spec, "section 18.1

Subject: Re: minor improvements to XSLT 3.0 spec, "section 18.1 The xsl:source-document Instruction"
From: "Liam R. E. Quin liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:43:04 -0000
Re:  minor improvements to XSLT 3.0 spec
On Tue, 2021-01-19 at 07:39 +0000, Mukul Gandhi
mukulg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi all,
> B B B  The XSLT 3.0 spec section mentioned in subject, has the following
> example at the beginning,
> 
> <xsl:source-document streamable="yes" href="book.xml">
> B  <xsl:for-each select="book">
> B B B  <xsl:for-each select="chapter">

[...]

> I think that, it may be better to have above example as follows,
> 
> <xsl:source-document streamable="yes" href="book.xml">
> B  <xsl:for-each select="/book">

Why? The result is the same, since there can be only one top-level book
element. I actually ran it, expecting an error on /book, but as Mike
Kay points out, Saxon is smart enough to avoid the error.


-- 
Liam Quin,B https://www.delightfulcomputing.com/
Available for XML/Document/Information Architecture/XSLT/
XSL/XQuery/Web/Text Processing/A11Y training, work & consulting.
Barefoot Web-slave, antique illustrations: B http://www.fromoldbooks.org

Current Thread

PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!

Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced!

Buy Stylus Studio Now

Download The World's Best XML IDE!

Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today!

Don't miss another message! Subscribe to this list today.
Email
First Name
Last Name
Company
Subscribe in XML format
RSS 2.0
Atom 0.3
Site Map | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Trademarks
Free Stylus Studio XML Training:
W3C Member
Stylus Studio® and DataDirect XQuery ™are products from DataDirect Technologies, is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation, in the U.S. and other countries. © 2004-2013 All Rights Reserved.