FWIW, note that you're talking about the "xpointer" attribute
on the xinclude element in the XInclude standard [1], and
the only values that an implementation must handle for
this attribute are those defined by the XPointer Framework [2]
and XPointer element() scheme [3] standards, neither of which
would allow the asterisk syntax to which you refer.
It sounds like you are referring to some xpath-like syntax
which is not a standard part of XPointer and which may not
be supported by a given XInclude implementation.
paul
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xinclude-20061115
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-xptr-framework-20030325/
[3] http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-xptr-element-20030325/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rowland, Larry [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, 2007 January 19 14:32
> To: Chris Borg; docbooklist
> Subject: RE: [docbook] Adding <para> to a <sect1> between <simplesect>
>
> The xinclude standard includes a syntax for selecting all
> children of an
> element (the last characters in the xpointer attribute being
> a slash and
> an asterisk (/*) specifies all children). You would need to
> pick up the
> title of the element separately, but it would allow you to pull in all
> the children and then add your own paras.
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry Rowland
>
