On 21/03/2011 11:22, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Does it indicate an inherent limitation in the expressability of XML markup?
No.
a) the first drafts of what became xpath did use xml markup
b) there is a standardised xml markup for all of xquery (which includes
xpath)
It's not a limitation of XML, it's a limitation of humans.
c) ? Why do we resort to non-XML syntax?
Try writing a few xpressions using XqueryX by hand and you'll soon see:-)
David
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