Re: [xsl] teaching / learning axes (was 'Re: [xsl] "true" preceding axis')

[Philip Fearon <pgfearo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wouldn't a more interactive approach be to provide an online tool that
lets you trace each step of any real XPath expression (by clicking on
it), including axes and predicates, lighting up node 'hits' (against a
selected source XML) on a tree view as you go? Or perhaps a more
abstract view helps with the learning process.

Phil Fearon
http://qutoric.com


On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Syd Bauman <Syd_Bauman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I also think Ken's diagram is excellent. I have a version of a
> similar, but simpler diagram(s) intended for a different audience.
> They are at
>
http://www.wwp.brown.edu/outreach/seminars/xslt_2011-03/presentations/xslt/xm
l_and_xpath_03.xhtml
>
> David Birnbaum is working on an interactive version of what we have
> begun to call the XPath Axes Butterfly.
>
>> http://nwalsh.com/docs/tutorials/xsl/xsl/foil22.html
>> Norm hosts Ken Holmans diagram which I find particularly clear?