RE: Context node/Predicates in Expressions

Subject: RE: Context node/Predicates in Expressions
From: John Robert Gardner <jrgardn@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 14:48:46 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 26 May 2000, Kay Michael wrote:

> > Is node() allowable in a match pattern? If so, it would 
> > follow that the 
> > last clause would prevent the root node from matching it.
> 
> Yes, node() means child::node(), and matches any node that is the child of
> something. Which means any node except a root, attribute, or namespace.

so, to further pummel a deceased equine mammal:

 / can not = node()

 node() can not = @ (b/c, per my prev. misunderstanding corrected by Mike, 
			* are parents of @, but @ are not children of *)

Hoping I've got it straight, and thanks to the many bards and guru's
who've weighed in on this!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=
John Robert Gardner, Ph.D.
XML Engineer
Emory University
------------------------------------------------------------
http://vedavid.org/diss/
"There is a difference between knowing The Path, and walking the Path."
					-Lawrence Fishburn/Morpheus

> 
> Mike K
> 
> 
>  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> 


 XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list


Current Thread