XOM API for Processing XML with Java

["Michael Kay" <mike AT saxonica.com>]

> Why is an Attribute a Node that has a ParentNode as a parent, 
> as returned by attribute.getParent(), but at the same time 
> it's not a child of a ParentNode, as returned by parent.getChild(n)?

When people ask that question of the XPath model, my usual response is: it
was a mistake to use the word "parent" for the relationship between a node
and its owner, given that (a) we expect parent to be the inverse
relationship of child, and (b) we expect things to have two parents, not
one.

There's always a point at which analogies break down.

Michael Kay