Jirka, That fixed it; thanks very much for your help.
Dick > -----Original Message----- > From: Jirka Kosek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 5:01 PM > To: Dick Hamilton > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] xmllint, xinclude, xpointer, and > DocBook 5.0 > > > Dick Hamilton wrote: > > > But, xmllint fails if I use an xpointer expression like this: > > > > <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; > > href="chap1.xml" > > xpointer="xpointer(//chapter/title/node())"/> > > Your expression //chapter/title is asking for elements which > are in no > namespace. You have to declare prefix for DocBook namespace > for XPointer > query. In theory you can use something like: > > xpointer="xmlns(db=http://docbook.org/ns/docbook)xpointer(//db :chapter/db:title/node())" > > Can you confirm whether xmllint supports this syntax? > > Jirka > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jirka Kosek e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://xmlguru.cz > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Professional XML consulting and training services > DocBook customization, custom XSLT/XSL-FO document processing > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > OASIS DocBook TC member, W3C Invited Expert, ISO JTC1/SC34 member > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
