You could put a slight twist on the question and ask

"Why don't any of the versions of CSS selectors use any of the versions of
XPath?"

(Not advocating any position, just interested in the discussion)

-m


On 6/23/08 4:30 AM, "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...> wrote:

> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> CSS does not use the XML syntax.  Why not?
> 
> Is there something about CSS that makes its current syntax better
> suited than the XML syntax?
> 
> In general, when should the XML syntax be used, and when should it not
> be used?
> 
> /Roger
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