[dsdl-discuss] Re: SC34 WG1 Amsterdam - Lack of Agenda

Would a way through be to specify XPath 1.0 with an expanded set of
functions (which match those we identify as useful in XPath 2.0)?

- Alex.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric van der Vlist [mailto:vdv@dyomedea.com]
> Sent: 06 April 2004 09:07
> To: dsdl-discuss@dsdl.org
> Cc: G. Ken Holman - ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Secretary; Charles Goldfarb;
> James D. Mason; David Carlisle; Yushi Komachi; keld@dkuug.dk
> Subject: [dsdl-discuss] Re: SC34 WG1 Amsterdam - Lack of Agenda
>
>
> Martin,
>
> On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 09:43, Martin Bryan wrote:
> > Eric
> >
> > > > Until we are able of offer a full level of
> functionality we need to
> > > > remain flexible. Personally I think that there are
> functions in XPath
> > 2.0
> > > > that are vital for validation.
> > >
> > > Which ones?
> >
> > Among the many, range, intersect and except. I think the
> ForClause might
> > also be beneficial in places and would love to be able to
> use quantified
> > expressions for selection of candidates.
>
> Do you mean that part 4 should support these features?
>
> Which other parts would be affected (in addition of part 3 which AFAIK
> will have provisions for supporting XPath 2.0 as one of its hosting
> languages)?
>
> Note that a full support of XPath 2.0 raises the bar pretty high and
> would mean both supporting W3C XML Schema and forbidding streamable
> implementations.
>
> That's a decision which should be taken very cautiously IMO.
>
> Eric
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