Lars, Kimbro:
> > On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:09:09 -0400 > Kimbro Staken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Due to the way XPath and namespaces don't work very well together, the > > current XPathQueryService does not work namespace aware queries. I'd > > like some input on what the best way to solve this is. > > > > The simplest solution seems to be to just add a namespace context > > parameter that simply takes a snippit of XML containing the namespace > > declarations and use that to define the namespaces. This would be > > similar to what Xalan and other software does in this case. > > > > query(string xpath, string namespaceContext) > > > > Is there a better/more elegant way to handle this? > > In general I agree. What do you mean by "a snippet of XML"? Something > like the string "xmlns:xyz=http://www.abc.com/xyz/"; ? > The XPointer spec http://www.w3.org/TR/xptr#ns-context addresses this specific issue. We should leverage it. -Jonathan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact adminstrator: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Read archived messages: http://archive.xmldb.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
