Map Development Area (MDA)
Location:
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markup
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xml
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xpath
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xpath-predicate
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Types:
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Comment:
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check on existence of sub-elements, attributes, special values
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example
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//book[. = 'Dune']
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example
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..[./text() = "Rumsti"]
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example
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line[3] equiv to line[position() = 3]
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Comment:
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use AND, OR, NOT and ()
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example
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sonnet[@type="...."]
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Comment:
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many functions and operators available, not typed -- implicit conversion
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Comment:
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applies contraints on considered result node -- filter on node-sets
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Comment:
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select parts of a result collection via a predicate
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