XML Encoding of XPath: Examples

[Wayne Steele <xmlmaster@hotmail.com>]

I propose an optional XML Encoding for XPath expressions.
I just posted a DTD; here's some usage examples to help clarify things.

Questions/Comments/Errata welcome.

-Wayne Steele

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EXAMPLES:

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child::para
=
<child name="para" />
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child::*
=
<child />
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child::text()
=
<child type="text" />
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child::node()
=
<child type="node" />
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attribute::name
=
<attribute name="name" />
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attribute::*
=
<attribute />
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descendant::para
=
<descendant name="para" />
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ancestor::div
=
<ancestor name="div" />
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child::chapter/descendant::para
=
<child name="chapter" />
<descendant name="para" />
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child::*/child::para
=
<child />
<child name="para" />
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/
=
<root />
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/descendant::para
=
<root/>
<descendant name="para" />
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/descendant::olist/child::item
=
<root/>
<descendant name="olist" />
<child name="item />
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child::para[position()=1]
=
<child name="para">
   <eq>
      <function name="position" />
      <number>1</number>
   </eq>
</child>
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child::para[position()=last()]
=
<child name="para">
   <eq>
      <function name="position" />
      <function name="last" />
   </eq>
</child>
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child::para[position()=last()-1]
=
<child name="para">
   <eq>
      <function name="position" />
      <sub>
         <function name="last" />
         <number>1</number>
      </sub>
   </eq>
</child>
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child::para[position()>1]
=
<child name="para">
   <gt>
      <function name="position" />
      <function name="last" />
   </gt>
</child>
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child::para[attribute::type="warning"][position()=5]
=
<child name="para">
   <eq>
      <attribute name="type" />
      <literal>warning</literal>
   </eq>
   <eq>
      <function name="position" />
      <number>5</number>
   </eq>
</child>
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child::chapter[child::title]
=
<child name="chapter" >
   <child name="title" />
</child>
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child::*[self::chapter or self::appendix]
=
child>
   <or>
      <self name="chapter" />
      <self name="appendix" />
   </or>
</child>
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id("foo")/child::para[position()=5]
=
<function name="id">
   <literal>foo</literal>
</function>
<child name="para">
   <eq>
      <function name="position" />
      <number>5</number>
   </eq>
</child>
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substring("12345", 0 div 0, 3)
=
<function name="substring">
   <literal>12345</literal>
   <div>
      <number>0</number>
      <number>0</number>
   </div>
   <number>3</number>
</function>
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//*[@href]
=
<root/>
<descendant-or-self type="node" />
<child>
   <attribute name="href" />
</child>
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//foo[@color="blue"]/bar[1]/baz
=
<root/>
<descendant-or-self type="node" />
<child name="foo">
   <eq>
      <attribute name="color" />
      <literal>blue</literal>
   </eq>
</child>
<child name="bar">
   <eq>
      <function name="position" />
      <number>1</number>
   </eq>
</child>
<child name="baz" />
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