- From: Geoff Mottram <gmottram@minaretsoftware.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 09:24:24 -0400 (EDT)
- To: www-xpath-comments@w3.org
I believe there is an error in section 2.2 (Axes) of the XPath specification as found at: http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath.html The issue is not raised in the errata at: http://www.w3.org/1999/11/REC-xpath-19991116-errata/ The bullets for "following axis", "preceding axis" and the "Note" under "ancestor-or-self axis" are in conflict. I believe the mistake is in the "following axis" bullet. Shouldn't the statement "excluding any descendants" be replace with "excluding any ancestors"? Otherwise, the "Note" under "ancestor-or-self axis" that states "The ancestor, descendant, following, preceding and self axes ... together they contain all the nodes in the document." can not be true unless both the following axis and previous axis include their decedents. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Geoff Mottram gmottram@minaretsoftware.com
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