> What about this:
> 
>   not(self::* or self::text())
> 
> You should add other self::whatever tests (for comments, etc.)
> if other node types are also under consideration.


This will not help to distinguish the type of the current node from being a
namespace node or an attribute node.

Better do not limit the available node types (7 is too many of them) with negations,
but use a non-negative, constructive XPath expressions.

I know two such expressions:

  count(. | ../@*) = count(../@*)

and

 generate-id() = generate-id(../@*[name()=name(current())])

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.

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