On 09/05/2011 16:43, Stephen D Green wrote:
> I tried to think of a way to write the XPath expression so
> it gives the same result whatever the version of XPath
As I said, the xpath that you posted originally would have the same
behaviour. If it is acting differently it is because you have changed
the default xpath2 behaviour for unprefixed elements.
>
/*[local-name()='a'][namespace-uri()='http://example.com']/@version-id = 0.4
> I could hardly expect a nominally XML-savvy developer to
> have to understand and maintian this.
fortunately that is not needed and you can do as you did in xpath 1
/default:a/@id=0.4
together with a binding of "default" to http://www.example.org.
David
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