- From: Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@simonstl.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:13:33 -0400
- To: www-xml-linking-comments@w3.org
I've just published an IETF Internet-Draft that defines an xpath1() scheme for use inside the XPointer Framework. The I-D is available at: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-stlaurent-xpath-frag-00.txt For those who aren't fond of huge amounts of whitespace, an HTML version is available at: http://simonstl.com/ietf/draft-stlaurent-xpath-frag-00.html The abstract states: -------------------- This document specifies an xpath1() scheme for use in XPointer-based fragment identifiers. This scheme, like other XPointer Framework schemes, is designed primarily for use with the XML Media Types defined in RFC 3023, to identify locations within a given XML representation of a resource. The xpath1() scheme uses XPath 1.0 syntax. -------------------- Later on, the Draft notes: -------------------- The xpath1() scheme strikes a balance between the simple implementation but limited functionality of shorthand pointers and the element() scheme, and the complex implementation but great capabilities of the xpointer() scheme. Perhaps more importantly, it strikes that balance using processing capabilities that are already widely deployed. --------------------- Future drafts will include examples, but I suspect the readers of this list know what XPath 1.0 expressions look like. This Internet-Draft has no connection to the W3C XLink WG except insofar as it builds on the XPointer Framework and uses other W3C work as references. It may be useful to XPointer work going forward if the WG is interested. ------------- Simon St.Laurent - SSL is my TLA http://simonstl.com may be my URI http://monasticxml.org may be my ascetic URI urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.6320 is another possibility altogether
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