On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:58 PM,  <mlcook@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One additional question, please:
>
> Preceding nodes do not include ancestors, which I've thought is odd.  It
includes siblings, but not parent or grand-parent, etc.
>
> When looking at an XML file in an editor, ancestors surely seem to be
preceding where I am in the document.

Ancestors  start before where you are but they have not ended,
therefore they don't precede you.