Re: [xml-dev] XPath and XPattern (was Re: [xml-dev] More on tamingSAX)

[Jeff Rafter <lists@jeffrafter.com>]

> I'd say only the parent stack, or shallow but very wide documents become
> resource hogs.  An extension mechanism could allow implementations to
> support sibling access, or perhaps that would be a matter of conformance
> levels (a la DOM or XAPI).

Are there a lot of use cases for a streamable but very wide document? I 
remember a thread here a while ago talking about the actual deployment 
of wide docs and it wasn't high. Not that I am arguing for preceding or 
against it-- I am just speculating.

Cheers,
Jeff Rafter