RE: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt (errata submission)

Thanks for the suggestion. This example is still present in the XSLT 2.0
draft and I'll amend the wording. We're not currently planning to issue any
further errata to XSLT 1.0, and in the interests of stability we wouldn't
consider doing so merely to clarify non-normative material.

Michael Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Ryan [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: 25 November 2003 22:15
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: re: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt (errata submission)
> 
> 
> 
> Dear W3C,
> 
> Thank you for your excellent documentation efforts. Your concise XSLT 
> recommendation is much appreciated by me. Please allow me to 
> contribute 
> this humble suggestion.
> 
> In Section: 5.2, the 3rd bullet in the list named "Here are some 
> examples of patterns:" reads:
> 
> * chapter|appendix matches any chapter  element and any 
> appendix element
> 
> However "and" may be regarded as ambiguous (and potentially 
> inaccurate, 
> if it were taken to mean that both conditions must be satisfied to 
> resolve truely). "or" may suggest this logic more clearly as in:
> 
> * chapter|appendix matches any chapter  element or any 
> appendix element
> 
> Sincerely,
> Stephen Ryan
> [email protected]
>