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

[Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>]

> The problem is defining the uri mapping in the xpath... thats been an
> ongoing issue for quite a while now, and doesn't look like its been
> solved in xpath 3.0.
>

XPath 3.0 introduces the syntax "uri":local enabling you (or more 
likely, a piece of software) to write paths with no dependency on an 
external namespace prefix binding.

Michael Kay
Saxonica