- From: Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@expway.fr>
- Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:12:08 +0100
- To: Jim Ley <jim@jibbering.com>
- CC: www-svg@w3.org
Jim Ley wrote: > "Tobias Reif" <tobiasreif@pinkjuice.com> wrote in message > news:3DD9166A.9000601@pinkjuice.com... >>Kurt Cagle wrote: >>>I'd think strongly about implementing XPath 2.0 >> >>This would be very useful, save lots of code, and ease maintenace. > > The syntax surely can't use the namespace prefix to make a judgement - > what would happen in the following situation: > > <g xmlns:ex="urn:moo"> > <rect x="0" y="0" height="10" width="10" ex:type="stepBox"/> > <rect x="20" y="20" height="10" width="10" ex:type="stepBox"/> > </g> > > then if I insert another rect > <rect x="10" y="10" width="10" height="10" ex:type="stepBox" > xmlns:ex="urn:min"/> > > that surely can't respond to the mouseover events too? Of course not. Presumably, prefixes in the XPath expressions would be mapped to namespaces based on the current namespace context, as it is in XSLT. Having seen a mention of XPath 2.0, I must say I shiver slightly. I'd be rather enclined to stick to XPath 1.0, or to define a XPath 2.0 Basic without the schema information :) -- Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@expway.fr> Research Engineer, Expway 7FC0 6F5F D864 EFB8 08CE 8E74 58E6 D5DB 4889 2488
Received on Monday, 18 November 2002 12:12:33 UTC