Re: [xml-dev] XPath challenge: can you simplify this XPath expression?

[Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@gmail.com>]

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org> wrote:

> David and Michael came up with this XPath expression:
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> Title[1] and Date[1] and empty(* except (Title[1], Date[1], Author))
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Yes, this is probably the most concise XPath expression that expresses
the defined conditions.


It can be shortened further to:


   Title and Date and empty(* except (Title[1], Date[1], Author))



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Dimitre Novatchev
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> That is fantastic.
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> I am in awe.
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> I bow to the masters of XPath.
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> /Roger
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