Re: [xml-dev] Testing XML don't use xUnit

[Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com>]

On 10 April 2013 17:33, Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have never said  writing // anything. Maybe you are presuming thats
>>> what is meant by a resilient test.
>>
>> That what my inference from all the talk about using a context instead
>> of a full path... if I'm wrong please provide a simple concrete
>> example.
>>
>>
>>> So if the xquery you are referring to is your own homebrew... then my
>>> advice stands as is. Again Uche's post identifies the correct nuance.
>>
>> What was the nuance - it was that subtle I missed it.
>>
>
> Maybe it's more constructive for me to summarize my recollection of
> how Schematron works.

A concrete example of a 'resilient test' would've been great...

> It traverses the XML tree and for each node it encounters it searches
> for a(n assertion) rule to fire.

It's sounds like xslt push processing ;)

> So it doesn't matter if the structure of the path leading to the XML
> changes - because Schematron navigates it's way to the node itself.

Exactly like using //

Where's this nuance?

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