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no wonder i'm confused about the node() function
- From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring dot com>
- To: docbook apps list <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 15:01:32 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: no wonder i'm confused about the node() function
"XSLT", Doug Tidwell, p. 51
"* The node() node test, which selects all nodes in the current
context, regardless of type. This includes elements, text, comments
processing instuctions, attributes, and namespace nodes."
"XSLT Programmer's Reference", 2nd ed., Michael Kay, p. 432
"Since root nodes, attribute nodes and namespace nodes are never
children of another node ... they will never be matched by the
pattern node()."
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt";
"* node() matches any node other than an attribute node and
the root node"
at this point, i'm scared to read anything else for the fear
of getting a *fourth* opinion.
rday