Subject: Re: [xsl] Transitive closure for XPath From: "Christian Nentwich" <c.nentwich@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 23:05:41 +0100 |
> So if you want to stick to the way that XPath currently works, then > perhaps you should define closure() as: > node-set closure(node-set, string) > which would make the above examples: > closure(/closure/node[1], 'id(@child)') > closure(/closure/node[1], 'key("myKey", @child)') I thought about that, but if I did that, then at least xalan would not parse the second parameter for me. I would have to create a new xpath query on the fly. (which is probably not so bad anyway, now that I think about it). On the other hand, it would fit in with the spec rather more nicely (albeit as a bit of a cheat, leaving the semantics undefined for the application) > Just a couple of other things - on the page explaining closure(), you > say that you *need* to get this list of 'descendants' within an XPath, > but don't say why. It would be good to see the XSLT context in which > you're using it. Ok, I am specifying consistency rules that express constraints between distributed documents. Have a look at http://www.xlinkit.com/dangerzone/UML/associationclass.xml for a rule for XMI or http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/c.nentwich/publications.html for papers. Pasting a short rule: <forall var="a" in="/Advert"> <exists var="p" in="/Catalogue/Product"> <equal op1="$a/ProductName/text()" op2="$p/Name/text()"/> </exists> </forall> The rule says that each advert has to correspond to a product definition (which may be in another file). We use xpath to pick out the things we relate. As for transitive closure, for some of the rules for the UML I need to say things like "forall parents of X" in a path expression. > Dynamic' module, and this would be a good function to have within it, > or perhaps in a different module if you think there's a better fit. > If you don't know about EXSLT, have a look at http://www.exslt.org/. I haven't had a look at it for a while, but I will tomorrow. But, as I said, I mainly use xpath standalone.. Christian XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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