Possible new XPath function

Hi everybody

I'm new to the list and the community group. I hope I'm not violating
etiquette by diving right in :-)

I'd like to solicit opinions on a possible new XPath function. What I have
in mind is a function similar to XSLT's fn:system-property function. I.e. a
function that lets you retrieve information about the XPath engine at
runtime like vendor, product, version etc.

In an environment where you control the entire stack, this is obviously not
very interesting, but in, e.g., a cloud environment, where XPath
functionality is embedded in a hosted development tool, this would be
useful information.

I work in the system and application integration area, and many integration
platforms offer an XSLT processor as an option for message translation. I
find it very useful indeed to be able to, for instance, track updates to
the processor, that the platform vendor might not mention in release notes
etc.

I think this would be meaningful information to have about XPath engines as
well. For now I'd just like to gauge the interest, so do let me know if I'm
the only person who thinks this would be interesting ;-)

Thank you and regards,

Morten Wittrock