Re: newbie XPATH newsgroup ?

Markus Siebeneicher wrote:

> rvj wrote:
> 
>> 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>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> 
> I'm not sure about your question, but maybe this is a usefull suggestion 
> to your research ->
> /*[name()='ns1:author'][@id='123']/*[name()='ns2:author'][@id='234']

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