1321 2005-05-10 19:47:41 +0000 Value of Variables and Parameters (temporary trees from atoms) 2005-07-14 22:18:42 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT XSLT 2.0 Last Call drafts PC Windows XP CLOSED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 dholmes mike public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 3446 0 dholmes 2005-05-10 19:47:41 +0000 Section 9.3, Value of Variables and Parameters, contains the following snippet. "a new document (referred to as a temporary tree) is constructed with a document node having as its children the sequence of nodes that results from evaluating the sequence constructor" What happens when the sequence constructor creates atomic values? I can't find a prescription in the specification for how atoms become incorporated with the document node. Thank You, David Holmes 3447 1 mike 2005-05-10 20:11:23 +0000 The rest of the paragraph that you quote says that temporary trees are described in more detail in section 9.4, and right at the start of 9.4 it says that the rules for evaluating the sequence constructor to form the content of the document node are given in section 5.7.1, Constructing Complex Content (which, I think, answers your technical question). I'm happy to try to make the text clearer if I can, but I'm having a little difficulty seeing how to achieve that in this case. Do you have any concrete suggestions? Michael Kay (personal response) 3449 2 dholmes 2005-05-10 22:20:59 +0000 Mike, I think that my expectation was that sequence constructor evaluation and "coercion" of the resulting sequence into complex content (or simple content in other contexts) are conceptually distinct steps. To be more concrete, I might have made the conceptual leap if the wording had been more like "The content of the variable-binding element is a sequence constructor; a new document (referred to as a temporary tree) is constructed with a document node having as its children the sequence of nodes that results from evaluating the sequence constructor <add>followed by coercion of the constructed sequence to complex content according to section 5.7.1.</add>" A bit of a mouthful, I know. Thanks. David Holmes 4665 3 mike 2005-07-14 22:18:31 +0000 Following XSL Working Group discussion, I've amended the text in question to read: "... having as its children the sequence of nodes that results from evaluating the sequence constructor and then applying the rules given in [5.7.1 Constructing Complex Content]." I hope that this meets your concerns. In anticipation of your approval I'm marking the issue as closed, but please feel free to reopen it if you're not satisfied with the resolution. Michael Kay for the XSL Working Group