Re: [xsl] variable question

[Geert Josten <Geert.Josten@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeni Tennison wrote:

> If so, you need:
>
> <xsl:variable name="bibrecord"
>   select="$bibkey/doc(concat('bib-data/', ., '.mods'))" />

Is it allowed to use a function-call at the end of a path expression? That must be new in XPath 2. 
It wasn't allowed in 1.0, which was a pity in some occasions as it would have prevented the need of 
the node-set function...

> because in this case the <mods:mods> element is parentless. This
> distinction is very subtle, and usually unimportant, but in general my
> advice would be to avoid the "//" at the beginning of the pattern
> unless you're really sure that you'll never want to match elements
> that don't appear in a tree rooted with a document node.

Ah, another nice detail...

Cheers,
Geert