Re: Wrapping of nodes into a document

/ "Innovimax SARL" <innovimax@gmail.com> was heard to say:
| On 10/2/07, Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> wrote:
|> / Innovimax SARL <innovimax@gmail.com> was heard to say:
|> | In 5.1.1
|> |
|> | Please precise which nodes are allowed to be wrapped and how ?
|> | [[
|> | it is a dynamic error (err:XD0016) if the select expression on a
|> | p:input returns anything other than a possibly empty set of nodes.
|> | ]]
|>
|> I took an action at the 27 Sep 2007 telcon to clarify this. Our discussion
|> on the telcon suggested that it was appropriate to select, comment,
|> processing instruction, or element nodes. But, in fact, *each* selected
|> node is turned into a document. So it's pointless to select anything other
|> than element nodes. I propose:
|>
|>   It is a dynamic error (err:XD0016) if the select expression on a
|>   p:input returns anything other than a possibly empty set of element
|>   nodes.
|>
|> (I added the word element.)
|>
|
| And what about select="/" ?

Yeah, ok. It's a bit silly since it's the same as leaving off the
select, but I guess it's also a bit pedantic to make it an error.

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                                          norm

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