Hi Folks,

I wish to confirm that I correctly understand the specification. I believe =
it says the XPath in an <assert> cannot "look up" the XML tree. That is, it=
 can't reference a parent, grandparent, etc. Is that correct?

Consider this instance document:

<Document classification="secret">
    <Para classification="unclassified">
          ...
    </Para>
    <Para classification="secret">
          ...
    </Para>
    <Para classification="unclassified">
          ...
    </Para>
    <Para classification="secret">
          ...
    </Para>
</Document>


Here I place an <assert> on the Para element which attempts to reference th=
e (parent) Document element:

<xs:element name="Para">
    <xs:complexType>
        <xs:simpleContent>
            <xs:extension base="paraType">
                <xs:attribute name="classification" type="classificatio=
nLevels" use="required"/>
                <xs:assert test="if (@classification eq 'top-secret') the=
n ../Document/@classification eq 'top-secret') ... />
            </xs:extension>
        </xs:simpleContent>
    </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

This is not allowed, correct?

/Roger


From mike@s... Wed Apr 29 14:03:36 2009
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