[osis-core] Question on: General Defaulting Mechanism

[Todd Tillinghast]

Patrick, 

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> > //*[@osisID] differs from //*/@osisID in that the first would be all
> > elements that have an osisID attribute and the second would be all
> > osisID attributes who have a parent element.
> >
> > Because all attributes must be a child of an element //*/@osisID is
the
> > same as //@osisID.
> >
> > The argument for //@osisID is that it is simpler while //*/@osisID
is
> > the same form as //GI/@osisID (//div/@osisID) and would be less
> > confusing from that perspective.
> >
> Hmmm, perhaps I should use the longer form in the users manual.
> 
> Not sure why we should avoid predicates.
> 
> I was thinking of usage like:
> 
> //div[@annotantType="commentary"/@osisRef

I think you mean //div[@annotantType="commentary"]/@osisRef.

> 
> for example.
> 
> Noting in the manual that I can address any element that has an
> attribute that can have an osisWork prefix and over riding the
default.
> 
> Are you thinking of something different?
> 

I was thinking that a simple form would make life easier for users and
not really limit things much.  It seems like we should either allow only
a simple form or the full XPath syntax.

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Todd