Re: [docbook-apps] xmllint, xinclude, xpointer, and DocBook 5.0

[Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>]

Dick Hamilton wrote:

> But, xmllint fails if I use an xpointer expression like this:
> 
> <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";
>             href="chap1.xml"
>             xpointer="xpointer(//chapter/title/node())"/>

Your expression //chapter/title is asking for elements which are in no 
namespace. You have to declare prefix for DocBook namespace for XPointer 
query. In theory you can use something like:

xpointer="xmlns(db=http://docbook.org/ns/docbook)xpointer(//db:chapter/db:title/node())"

Can you confirm whether xmllint supports this syntax?

			Jirka

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