Thank you Beverly. > I wonder why the use of the old "XPointer" method of "root().child()" instead > of the XPath method of "/parentElement/childElement".
Unfortunately, this is where T2K is showing it's age. >From what I recall, around the time that T2K was probably being built, XPointer was the best option for DOM navigation, which is most likely why the T2K Engineers implemented it instead of XPath. Because XPath was still in early design stages back then. I brought up the XPath support question at the Conference, and have had more than one conversation, via email, with Andre Morozov (the Chief Architect of Witango v5) about it. And XPath support is planned for Witango - but this may not appear right away because they are focusing on some other goodies first. Be that as it may, as much as I like current (and even bleeding edge) technology, I have found few limitations in XPointer compared to XPath. Obviously the syntax is different and you can't query an XPointer reference in Witango based on an Element Value - but this can be accomplished when you through <@ELEMENTVALUE> and a few other Metatags into the mix. One of the things I find important about XPointer is, is that understanding the XPointer syntax can help you understand better the DOM Methods found in other languages like JavaScript. Of course, XPath has better support and flexibility for other XML technologies like XSLT - both of which I'd like to see native to Witango. Both of which are rumored for upcoming versions of Witango. But remember, I'm not an official source :-). By the way: Gauthier has taken some time to translate my "XPointer with Witango" article into French: http://witango.wisard.net/articles/xml-extra.net/xml/xpointer01/xpointer01. html (Above URL may word-wrap). Thank you Gauthier, Cheers... Scott Cadillac http://xml-extra.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://witango.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] VP, Research and Development Plus International Corp. 604-460-1843 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.plusinternational.com Vancouver, BC, Canada Does your company have an Enterprise Information Portal? Check out Salsa at www.plusinternational.com/flash/salsa.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Voth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list witango-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: XPointer with Witango > Hello, Scott Cadillac! On 7/19/2002 3:48 PM -0700, you wrote in whole or part: > >For those of you that may be interested, I've written a <grin>short</grin> > >article on how to use XPointer with Witango. > > > >This article focuses on XPointer specifically and not any particular DOM > >Metatag, because before attempting to use XML DOM Variables in Witango, I > >recommend having a solid understanding of XPointer. Because XPointer is the > >syntax you need to navigate Witango DOM. > > > >http://xml-extra.net/webpage.xmlx?node=72 > > > Excellent article! > > I wonder why the use of the old "XPointer" method of "root().child()" instead of the XPath method of "/parentElement/childElement". > > Thanks, > Beverly > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
