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
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