RE: key vs DTD ID attribute Performance issue

[Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian dot rahtz at computing-services dot oxford dot ac dot uk>]

Kay Michael writes:
 > > by the way, do items read in using document() get added to the key
 > > index?
 > 
 > Saxon maintains a separate set of indexes (hash tables, actually) for each
 > document. An index for key K on document D is built the first time key(K, x)
 > is used with D as the context document.

This is a bit sad (albeit understandable).  So I cannot have a master
document which includes lots of small bits using document(), and
maintain a lookup table across the whole set of documents? 

sebastian


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