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Re: DOM level 3 XPath Specification WD
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] DOM level 3 XPath Specification WD
- From: Francis Norton <francis at redrice dot com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 15:37:03 +0000
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Ah, this might have been more useful if I had given the link -
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-DOM-Level-3-XPath-20011031/
Francis Norton wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Forgive me if I've overlooked any reference to this document, but XSL
> list seems like a good place ot comment on XPath issues.
>
> My first reactions -
>
> What I don't like about it:
>
> defaults to returning individual text nodes, not aggregating them in
> the same way as in XSL
>
> What I do like about it:
>
> XPath expressions can return all XPath data types, unlike the otherwise
> useful MS selectNodes() method.
>
> Francis.
>
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