Re: XPath context for relative selectors

On 10.7.2013 20:18, Nathan Glenn wrote:

> My first question is about namespaces.  The spec says that the XPath
> context is the same as for the absolute selector, with a few changes. I am
> unsure as to whether that means that the context for a relative selector is
> the same as that of the absolute selector that led to it, or that the spec
> language is the same for it. This leads me to wonder whether the set of
> namespaces available to the XPath is the same one that was used in the
> absolute selector, or is the set of namespaces in scope for the context
> node (the node selected via the absolute selector, a rule's selectorattribute).

No, in XPath expression you can use only namespace prefixes which are
declared for element that contains XPath expression which is one of
...Rule elements.

> My second question is about variables. Are variables which are bound for
> absolute selectors also bound for their relative selectors? In other words,
> does the markup below make sense?

Yes.

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