Functions and Operators
A
major
extension of the current XPath 1.0 set
Handling XML Schema datatypes
datatype specific operators (comparisons, numerical operators)
date and time management fuctions
constructors from strings to XML concepts
(eg,
xf:IDREF
, normalization)
node operations
(namespace) QName management functions
XPath 1.0 had about 30 functions and operators...
This version has more than 100 (!)
Used by XPath 2.0 and XQuery 1.0
Ivan Herman, W3C Head of Offices
16 July, 2002
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