[Bug 5297] Drop restriction of assertions to down-pointing XPaths?

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5297





------- Comment #3 from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com  2007-12-07 01:07 -------
I agree with both Pete and Mike:  we don't have to handle every use case, and
there are good architectural reasons for types (and thus elements) to have
context-independent validation requirements.

Also:  I assume I'm correct that the original bug report took a shortcut in
asking for XPaths that could point up, left or right.  Presumably what's wanted
is that, along with relaxation of the tree trimming rules that would make such
added XPath capability useful? I remain opposed, but it's certainly useful to
have the proposal be clear in any case.  Did I correctly infer what was
intended?  Thank you.

Thanks.

NOah