RE: [xml-dev] XPath/XSLT 2.0 concerns

["Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com>]

> Too true, I'm sure many others can't wait to write template 
> matches like
> 
> 
> <xsl:template match="ipo:shipTo[. instance of element of type 
> ipo:USAddress]/ipo:state[. instance of element of type 
> ipo:USState]" />
> 
> instead of 
> 
> <xsl:template match="ipo:shipTo/ipo:state" />
> 
> because of the gains of schema aware processing

Sure, the current syntax is awful, but I'm pushing for things like

  match="~ipo:USAddress/~ipo:USState"

Michael Kay
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