Issue - 231 - getVariableProperty propertyName parameter needs clarification

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Issue - 231 - getVariableProperty propertyName parameter needs clarification

Status: received
Date added: 30 Oct 2005
Categories: Expressions
Date submitted: 27 October 2005
Submitter: Ron Ten-Hove
Description: The second parameter for the XPath extension function bpws:getVariableProperty() is used to indicate the property name. It is a qualified name (QName) expressed as a literal string. What is not stated explicitly is how the string should be formatted for QNames that have a non-empty namespace URI. Presumably we are assuming that prefixed names (from XML Namespaces) will be used. This assumption should be made explicit in the specification.

Also, we should clarify what is meant by a property name that isn't prefixed: is the default namespace to be used (as is the case with xsd:qname), or should the empty namespace be used (as is the case with XSLT 1.0)?
Changes: 30 Oct 2005 - new issue

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