Re: [xml-dev] Concerned about the increasing reliance on XPath

[David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk>]

On 07/05/2011 16:12, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Are you making a distinction when you say "xpath ... for simple expressions"? Note that, for example, the new XML Schema assert element (mostly) permits the entire XPath language.

given that you are using (and someone must have therefore implemented) 
the monster that is XSD schema processing, it would be surprising if 
xpath was a really major overhead, but as always you'd need to do actual 
timing/profiling to find out.

David