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Bug 2983 - [Update] adjacent text nodes
Summary: [Update] adjacent text nodes
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: XPath / XQuery / XSLT
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Update Facility (show other bugs)
Version: Working drafts
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Andrew Eisenberg
QA Contact: Mailing list for public feedback on specs from XSL and XML Query WGs
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Reported: 2006-03-07 01:40 UTC by Jim Melton
Modified: 2006-06-23 09:36 UTC (History)
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Description Jim Melton 2006-03-07 01:40:21 UTC 
(Originally reported by Dana F.)

Should we remove the data model constraint that requires that adjacent text nodes are not allowed and should be merged? This constraint has negative consequences during updates (in case of deletes or inserts). In such cases, if the data model after the update has adjacent nodes it is unclear how to handle correctly the node identifiers while satisfying the XDM  constraint.
Comment 1 Don Chamberlin 2006-06-23 09:35:47 UTC 
Adjacent text nodes will be merged. The resulting nodeid is implementation-dependent. This resolution has been documented in a working draft.