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From: Dan Vint <dvint(_at_)dvint(_dot_)com>
I'm replying to this just in case someone else reads it and stops their
help. My template looks for indexterms, div* and table tags, these all
appear in the sample stream. The stream and various XPaths were tested in
Stylus studio, the only thing that is missing is the DTD to provide the
defaults to the attributes.
My intention was not to stop anyone from replying, but to have you clarify your
requirement.
Let's parse your XPath expressions, I'll give my understanding of them.:
#1
//indexterm[ancestor::*[(starts-with(local-name(),'div') or
local-name()='table') and @publicOnly!='Yes'][1]]
You're looking for an 'indexterm' element which has, at some point along it's
ancestor axis, an element whose local name starts with 'div' or whose local
name is 'table'. You want the proximate ancestor that matches. That ancestor
element must have a 'publicOnly' attribute whose value is not 'Yes'
#2
//indexterm[ancestor::*[(starts-with(local-name(),'div') or
local-name()='table')][ @publicOnly!='Yes']]
In this case you have dispensed with the requirement that the element examined
must be the proximate ancestor matching the criteria.
#3
//indexterm[ancestor::*[(starts-with(local-name(),'div') or
local-name()='table')][1][ @publicOnly!='Yes']]
This expression appears to be one that will have an identical evaluation to #1.
#4
//indexterm[ancestor::*[(starts-with(local-name(),'div') or
local-name()='table') and @publicOnly='No']]
Here you dispense with any proximity consideration and change the matching
value of the 'publicOnly' attribute to 'No'.
//indexterm[ancestor::*[(starts-with(local-name(),'div') or
local-name()='table') and not(@publicOnly)]]
This one is largely like the previous one except that you are restricting the
ancestors to ones without a 'publicOnly' attribute.
None of these match anything in your sample data. Would you suggest that we
change your XML so that one element will match one of the XPath expressions in
order to proceed?
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Charles Knell
cknell(_at_)onebox(_dot_)com - email
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