XPath 2.0 data-model - dm:string-value of a node

["Eran Balter" <E.Balter@F5.com>]

Hi,

 

Given the following:

<a>x<b>y</b>z</a>

 

Is the string-value of Element-node “a” is “xz” or “xyz”, or generally: should the value of the children element-nodes be concatenated to the string-value?

 

Should Processing instructions/comments’s text be concatenated to the parent node?