At 3:17 AM -0500 2/2/04, Daniel Veillard wrote:
>On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 03:00:13PM -0800, Bob Stayton wrote:
>> Personally, I find the xpointer="xpointer()" syntax a bit redundant.
>> I would think the name of the attribute would indicate that the value
>> is an XPointer. I wonder if "xpointer()" is necessary?
>> I can't actually tell from reading the W3C specs. Perhaps
>> Daniel Velliard can clarify.
>
It's absolutely necessary. xpointer() is not the only XPointer
scheme. There's also element(), xmlns(), and some unofficial ones
like xpath().
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Elliotte Rusty Harold
Effective XML (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/effectivexml
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