• From: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 00:15:40 +0100

> 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

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