Hello,

We have encountered a data format that requires use of the XPath sum
function, but it appears that this is not supported.

The data format of interest is the Minefield Data PDU as described by IEEE
STD 1278.1a-1998 section 5.3.10.3.  It includes a sequence of integer
fields that describe the number of trip detonation wires for mines
described by the PDU.  The values of these fields need to be summed to
determine the occursCount for a subsequent sequence of integer fields that
describe the number of vertices per trip detonation wire.  Then these
fields need to be summed to determine the occursCount for a subsequent
sequence of vertices.

It may also be possible to support this data type with a combination of the
count and position functions but I haven't pursued this enough to know
whether it is feasible for not, and it appears that the position function
is not supported.

Is there any reason why the sum function is not supported?  Do you know of
some other way to support this data type?

Marshall Miller

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