[xquery-talk] Re: Attribute node whose parent is a document node

[Wolfgang Hoschek]

"top-level" node = parentless node
See item 7 at http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt-xquery-serialization/#serdm

Wolfgang.

On Jul 7, 2005, at 12:59 PM, Pierrick Brihaye wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Wolfgang Hoschek a écrit :
>
>
>> This is most likely because the W3C draft XQuery serialization  
>> spec  disallows top-level attributes (and namespace nodes) on   
>> serialization. (This can be avoided with the Saxon -wrap option).
>>
>
> Am I in at the  top level ? Iwanted to write :
>
> let $a :=
> <county name="Devon">
>     <district name="East Devon">
>         <town name="Axminster" pct="East Devon">
>             <town name="Abbey Gate"/>
>          </town>
>         <town name="Aylesbeare" pct="East Devon"/>
>     </district>
> </county>
>
> rather than :
>
> let $a :=
> <root>
> <county name="Devon">
>     <district name="East Devon">
>         <town name="Axminster" pct="East Devon">
>             <town name="Abbey Gate"/>
>          </town>
>         <town name="Aylesbeare" pct="East Devon"/>
>     </district>
> </county>
> </root>
>
> ... which included a "pseudo-root" element.
>
> Can't figure out what happens on this one :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> p.b.
>
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