RE: More XSL Discussion

[Matti Katajamaki <matti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In my mind if <a><b><c> are elements of type "item" the rule below would match 
each of them as a target element.

Matti


-----Original Message-----
From:	Paul Prescod [SMTP:papresco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:	Thursday, February 26, 1998 6:47 AM
To:	xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	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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