Subject: RE: Pattern for attribute matching From: "Ed Nixon" <ed.nixon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 17:32:35 -0400 |
Can you explain how your first 'match' differs from your third 'match'? I know the English language description is different but I don't see the practical difference between the two. For example, are you looking for child elements of foo with bar attributes? Thanks. ...edN > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul W. Abrahams > Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 4:16 PM > To: XSL listserve > Subject: Pattern for attribute matching > > > If I want to construct a template that matches a `foo' element with a > `bar' attribute, the appropriate `match' attribute is: > > match="foo[@bar]" > > Moreover, if I want to match any `bar' attribute at all, the > appropriate > `match' attribute is > > match="@bar" > > But suppose I want to match a `bar' attribute that's attached > to a `foo' > element. My first guess would be > > match="foo/@bar" > > But that doesn't seem entirely right because attributes are > not children > of element nodes, but rather associated with element nodes. > So if that > isn't correct, what would be correct? > > This question relates to a larger unresolved (apparently) issue in > XPath: whether attribute nodes are really part of the document tree > described by XPath, or related in some other way. Sec. 5 (Data Model) > says: > > ``XPath operates on a XML document as a tree. This > section descripe > how XPath models an XML document as a tree.'' > > But in Sec. 5.3 (Attribute Nodes) it says: > > ``Each element node has an associated set of attribute nodes.'' > > So where does reality lie? > > Paul Abrahams > abrahams@xxxxxxx > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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