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Subject: Re: XSLT basics
From: Jörg Heinicke <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 19:45:04 +0200
> 4) descendant::*
>
>    -- includes all element nodes, attribute nodes, text nodes, etc. down
>    from the current node (in the tree). right or wrong?

This is wrong. The '*' stands for elements, so with descendant::* only all
descendant elements are included. With descendant::node() elements, text
nodes, processing instructions and comments are included. Attributes are not
a part of an axis.

Joerg


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