Re: XPath support for using multiple ixml implementations

On 02/03/2026 15:36, Graydon Saunders wrote:
> Something like
>
> non-terminal = grammar-uri
>
> especially if it allowed nesting (=the referenced grammar can also use 
> this construct) would be enormously welcome from this corner. Being 
> able to write the date parsing grammar once and use it in many places 
> would almost have to be a lot easier.

I think Norm was considering a two stage match/parse process. Something 
like:

    nonterminal: [L]+ {grammar: more-detailed-grammar.ixml}.

where during the first pass nonterminal**matches a string of letters 
(which will be retained as a text node below <nonterminal>, and then 
passing that input to parsing against more-detailed-grammar.ixml in a 
subsequent phase. It could of course nest.

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*John Lumley* MA PhD CEng FIEE
john@saxonica.com