RE: [xml-dev] XPath 2.0 data-model - dm:string-value of a node

["Michael Kay" <mike@saxonica.com>]

Title: RE: [xml-dev] XPath 2.0 data-model - dm:string-value of a node

/a/text() returns a sequence of two text nodes, containing "x" and "z" respectively.

 

(What happens next depends on where you use this expression).

 

Michael Kay

http://www.saxonica.com/

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From: Shlomo Yona [mailto:S.Yona@F5.com]
Sent: 28 February 2008 14:36
To: Michael Kay; Eran Balter; xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] XPath 2.0 data-model - dm:string-value of a node

Hello,

What is expected to be returned for /a/text() ?
Is it "xz" or "xyz"?

Thanks.

Shlomo

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@saxonica.com]
Sent: Wed 2/27/2008 9:51 PM
To: Eran Balter; xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] XPath 2.0 data-model - dm:string-value of a node

The string value of an element node is the concatenation of all its
descendant text nodes.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/


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From: Eran Balter [mailto:E.Balter@F5.com]
Sent: 27 February 2008 17:05
To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: [xml-dev] XPath 2.0 data-model - dm:string-value of a node



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?