Jean Jordaan wrote: > >> I was strugging to 'xi:include' the content of 'corpauthor' and >> 'holder', since they have a limited set of children. This works:: >> >> <corpauthor> >> <xi:include href="terms.xml" >> xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; >> xpointer="element(idvalue)/1" />, >> </corpauthor> >> >> I.e. get the first child (which is just a text node) of the element >> with 'id="idvalue"'. > > Actually, I was fooling myself when I wrote that. Upon looking closer I > see that the element scheme should actually look like this:: > > element(idvalue/1) > > See http://www.w3.org/TR/xptr-element/#model > > However, XXE ignores the subpath here. And xmllint chokes on it::
Not a bug: "idvalue/1" means first child *element* of element having "idvalue" as its ID. > element include: XInclude error : XPointer evaluation failed: > #element(astrata/1) > > Thinking about it, I suspect it's impossible for XXE to xinclude a text > node only. Is that true? Yes. The element scheme does not allow to include text nodes, just element nodes. And XXE just supports the element() Scheme, not the xpointer() Scheme. > Anyway, now I'm stuck. 'phrase' is the only suitably neutral element, > and for some reason it isn't allowed as child of 'corpauthor' or > 'holder'. Why not directly include a corpauthor element? Nothing forces you to restrict yourself to phrase elements.
