Re: issue (attribute-parent)

Thanks for your comment.

"Weichel Bernhard (K3/EMW4) *" wrote:
> 
> I think, an attribute is rather a property of a node than an child of a
> node. Therfore the element to which an attribute is attached should not be
> considered as the parent.

> Otherwise descendant should provide all attributes not only the child nodes.

Surely a descendant is a child or a child of a child etc.

> I do not believe that it is necessary to navigate from an attribute to the
> related node.

User experience with XSLT indicates that users do in fact want to do
this.

James

Received on Tuesday, 13 July 1999 15:57:34 UTC