Subject: Re: Desperate Questions: [1]Absolute-Child-Number From: "W. Eliot Kimber" <eliot@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 12:51:37 -0500 |
At 01:32 PM 6/24/97 -0400, Paul Prescod wrote: >> My first challenge is calculating the absolute child number of an element. >> The standard DTD has 7 different element types that are the first level >> divisions within standard (H1, scope, refs, defs, notation, annexn, >> annexi). In order to number things automatically I need the absolute child >> numbers of these element types. > >Does this just mean that you need the child number of %element% 's parent that >is of one of those types? I'm not sure what you mean by "absolute" in this >context. I need the ordinal position of %element%'s parent within the children property of its parent. For example, the HyTime standard has this structure: <body> <scope> <refs> <defs> <h1>symbols and abbrevs <h1>notation <h1>base The first H1's child number is "1", but it's "absolute child number" is "4". I need this second number. Thanks, Eliot DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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