- From: Felix Sasaki <fsasaki@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:35:07 +0900
- To: Asgeir Frimannsson <asgeirf@redhat.com>
- CC: public-i18n-its-ig@w3.org
Asgeir Frimannsson さんは書きました: > Felix, Jirka, all, > > On Saturday 14 June 2008 01:43:02 Felix Sasaki wrote: > >>> Reading through the ITS spec, it seems like ITS only uses a subset of >>> xpath, limited to the child and attribute axes (same as xslt patterns). >>> >> in XSLT patterns you can have predicates, like "*[predicate]" , which >> can make use of any axis. Would you limit the content of these too? >> > > This would make streaming-implementations slightly more complicated yes :) > Thank you both for pointing out this issue. > sorry for the overlap in replies, I did not see Jirka's mail while sending mine. > I guess for many (if not most) formats, limiting the content of predicates > would be feasible, and this would also speed up the xpath processing. Creating > a streaming-like ITS processor that could handle "most documents" in a more > efficient manner could perhaps be a useful alternative to a memory-intensive > processor that can handle all documents... > I've cretated a Wiki page http://www.w3.org/International/its/wiki/ITS_Simplified_XPath linked from http://www.w3.org/International/its/wiki/ITS_Processing Which contains a proposal for a simplified EBNF. Asgeir or others: Could you see if it fits your needs, and edit the page accordingly? If you have problems with the Wiki account please tell me. Felix
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