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RE: [xml-dev] What is an "element"?

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To: "'Dare Obasanjo'" <dareo@microsoft.com>,"'Norman Walsh'" <ndw@nwalsh.com>,<xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] What is an "element"?
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:28:40 +0100
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Reply-to: <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com>

> I concur with Norm and Mike Kay. Is there anywhere in the 
> XQuery family of specs where there is some implied difference 
> between the terms element and element node?  
> 
In the context of the XPath data model, "element" is a subtype of node, so the term "an element node" is oxymoronic (but sometimes useful for extra clarity), in the same way as "an integer value" or "an oak tree".

Michael Kay

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- RE: [xml-dev] What is an "element"?
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