Re: [xsl] Preference rules for /something and /*

[Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wendell, David,

Thank you both for your clear and extensive answers, it clarifies it all :)

Cheers,
-- Abel

Wendell Piez wrote:
> Abel,
>
>
> Yes. Both of these fall into the "anything else" category. There are 
> three categories:
>
> 1. Simple tests by name, on the child or attribute axis in a single step
>    e.g. "root" or "@root" -- priority 0
> 2. "Wildcard" matches on the child or attribute axis in a single step
>    e.g. "@*" or "comment()" -- priority -0.5
> 3. Anything else
>    e.g. "//root", "/root", "/*/root" or "/*" -- priority 0.5
>
> (There's also a category between rules 1 and 2: a match on a 
> namespace-and-type, with a single step, such as "html:*" or 
> "svg:node()", gets priority 0.25.)
>
> <snip />