XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Elliotte Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>]

I think I've figured out how to state the basic principle concisely:

An XPath expression applied to a XOM Document should return the same 
information as the same expression applied to the serialized form of 
that Document.

In other words, take a XOM document, query it with an XPath expression, 
print out the resulting nodes with toXML.

Take the same XOM document; serialize it; query the serialized form of 
an XML document with the same XPath expression using a tool like Alex 
Chafee's XPath Explorer.

You should get the same results in both cases.

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Elliotte Rusty Harold  elharo AT metalab.unc.edu
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