Re: XPointer here() function

At 18:08 08/11/00 -0500, Eve L. Maler wrote:

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>>I still have some issues with the definition of here() though. There is 
>>no guarantee that the XPointer being evaluated is contained within an XML 
>>node, for example - shouldn't the spec describe this as an error condition?
>
>I believe it already does, when it says in Section 5.4.4 that "This 
>expression results in a syntax error if the resource in which the 
>containing XPointer appears is not XML."  Do you agree?


Yes - although what does "containing" in "the containing XPointer" mean? 
There does not seem to be any containment going on (necessarily).

Matthew Wilson