[Bug 5509] Semantics of distance wrt overlapping tokens at same starting position is unclear

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5509

           Summary: Semantics of distance wrt overlapping tokens at same
                    starting position is unclear
           Product: XPath / XQuery / XSLT
           Version: Working drafts
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows NT
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Full Text 1.0
        AssignedTo: jim.melton@acm.org
        ReportedBy: holstege@mathling.com
         QAContact: public-qt-comments@w3.org


FT semantics defines distance by ordering tokens by their starting positions.
However, if tokens overlap and have different ending positions but the same
starting positions, the results will be indeterminate.

Received on Thursday, 28 February 2008 19:02:29 UTC