Re: newbie XPATH newsgroup ?

correction : something like

>      <ns1:author ns1:author="www.foo1"  xpath="author[@id='x']>
>              <ns2:author ns2:author=www.foo2 xpath="author[@id='y']/>
>       <ns1:author>
>


"rvj" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I think the correct term is serialized  but really what I am trying to
> understand is XPath with multiple namespaces
>
> For example if you search for an  attribute called 'author' but with
> multiple namespaces. Given
>
>        xpath=   "/ns1:author[@id='x']/ns2:author[@id='y']
>
> is it possible to declare the namespace references in the xpath?
>
> It seems that  a serialized xpath format would make this a lot  easier to
> read
>
>      <ns1:author ns1:author="www.foo1"  xpath="@id='x'>
>              <ns2:author ns2:author=www.foo2 xpath="@id='y'/>
>       <ns1:author>
>
> Any recommended reading for XPath+multiple namespaces?
>
>
> "rvj" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > a) is there a XPath newsgroup
> >
> > b) very simply all I want to know is there is a mechanism
> (exists/proposed)
> > for switching between a compact XPath representation and a more verbose
> XML
> > structured representation ?
> >
> > where
> >
> >    /provider[@id=123]/library[@id=234]/detail[@id=345]/*
> >
> > can be alternatively represented something like
> >
> >        <provider xpath="[@id=123]" >
> >              <library xpath="[@id=234]" >
> >                     <detail xpath="[id=345]/*" />
> >               </library>
> >        </provider>
> >
> >
>
>