Hi Philippe, The goal at the time we were working on this was conformance to the XInclude 1.0 specification [1] which only requires support for the XPointer Framework and XPointer element() scheme.
Thanks. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xinclude/#application Michael Glavassevich XML Technologies and WAS Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: mrgla...@ca.ibm.com E-mail: mrgla...@apache.org philippe.favr...@continental-corporation.com wrote on 22/02/2013 10:49:48 AM: > Hello Michael, > > Thank you for the reply. > In my case, i wanted to use xpointer mainly in the context of xinclude. > I do not well understand the reasons why only a part of xpointer has > been implemented (only the scheme element (e.g.: xpointer="element(/1/1/1)")) > . For instance, I think it is a pity not to have implemented the > scheme based on Xpath which seems to be more usefull and powerfull > Was it considered not usefull ? Are there are other similar > mechanisms allowing to link fragments of xml files ? > > Thanks > Philippe > > > > De : Michael Glavassevich <mrgla...@ca.ibm.com> > A : j-users@xerces.apache.org > Date : 21/02/2013 19:17 > Objet : Re: support for xpointer > > > > Hello Philippe, > > The XPointer support in Xerces-J is limited to what is required for > XInclude and is only usable within the context of XInclude. > > There no plans to enhance it further. > > Thanks. > > Michael Glavassevich > XML Technologies and WAS Development > IBM Toronto Lab > E-mail: mrgla...@ca.ibm.com > E-mail: mrgla...@apache.org > > philippe.favr...@continental-corporation.com wrote on 21/02/2013 12:03:44 > PM: > > > Hello all > > > > I am a user of Xerces-J and plan to use the Xpointer feature which > > from the specification i read seems to be very powerfull. > > However after few tries, i realized that not all is yet completly > supported. > > > > What is the strategy of Xerces in regard to this Xpointer feature ? > > Will it be implemented or is there other solutions ? > > > > Thank you > > Best regards > > Philippe Favrais > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: j-users-unsubscr...@xerces.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: j-users-h...@xerces.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: j-users-unsubscr...@xerces.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: j-users-h...@xerces.apache.org
