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Bug 2527 - [XPath] default axis for schema-attribute(x)
Summary: [XPath] default axis for schema-attribute(x)
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: XPath / XQuery / XSLT
Classification: Unclassified
Component: XPath 2.0 (show other bugs)
Version: Candidate Recommendation
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Don Chamberlin
QA Contact: Mailing list for public feedback on specs from XSL and XML Query WGs
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Reported: 2005-11-15 18:49 UTC by Michael Kay
Modified: 2006-02-14 00:53 UTC (History)
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Description Michael Kay 2005-11-15 18:49:21 UTC 
Soren Kuula [dongfang@dongfang.dk] has pointed out on the mulberrytech xsl-list
that rule 2 in XPath section 3.2.4 (Abbreviated Syntax for steps) causes the
step attribute(x) to default to using the attribute axis, but the axis for the
step schema-attribute(x) is the child axis. This is surely an error.

Michael Kay
Comment 1 Don Chamberlin 2006-02-14 00:53:01 UTC 
Mike,
Thanks for calling this error to our attention. On Feb 1, 2006 the Query and 
XSLT working groups agreed that the default axis for a step containing a 
SchemaAttributeTest should be the attribute axis. This will be reflected in the 
next edition of the XPath and XQuery specifications. Since you were present at 
the discussion, I have marked this issue as closed.
Regards,
Don Chamberlin