Re: How to match on namespace prefix

[Francois Belanger <francois@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

James Clark wrote on 04/01/99 19h16:

>You can't yet.  2.6.1 has:

Got it (it's under 2.6.2 actually), thanks.

>Issue (pattern-namespace-wildcards): Should patterns of the form foo:*
>or *:foo be allowed? 

Yes, it's really needed, so is @*:foo or @foo:* for attributes, the 
syntax is simple and intuitive. 

Meanwhile, I can't figure a workaround to select nodes from a specific 
namespace with the current draft (is there one?). 

>If so, should * match any element or any element
>without a namespace URI?

* should match any nodes (it's what one expects).  I would expect to 
write *:* if I want all nodes who are part of any namespace. For nodes 
that are not within any namespace it could be :* and @:* (a null 
namespace).

Comments?

Francois Belanger
Sitepak, Bringing Internet Business into Focus
http://www.sitepak.com



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