RE: adding addressing capabilities to the DOM

> Based on my assumption that most DOM code is eventually going to use
XPath
> to some degree, not adding this API makes it _impossible_ to write
> implementation independent code.

No. It just means that your code has to carry around an XPath
implementation.

> XPath _IS_ the "independent API"

If that were true, there'd be nothing the DOM need do.  But I don't think
that's what you're trying to say.


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Joe Kesselman  / IBM Research

Received on Tuesday, 18 April 2000 09:33:47 UTC