how to submit an attribute value as a parameter?

>
> I have an instance that looks like this:
> <projects>
>  <project ID="ID_1">
>    <... project stuff ..>
>  </project>
> </projects>
>
> I want to submit to an XQuery resource and I want to submit the  
> project ID
> attribute as a parameter.
> I want to submit something like this: ../get_project_details.xq?
> ID='ID_1'
>
> I was hoping this submit would do the trick, but it doesn't work  
> (errors out
> saying it needs to be a node):
>  <submission id="..." ref="instance('project_instance')/project/
> @ID" ...>
>
> How can I submit the ID attribute value as a parameter?
>
> Thanks
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>
> That would work indeed. Thanks.
>
> However, I'm surprised that XForms doesn't have a standard way of  
> doing
> this. The funny thing is that you CAN submit an element value as a
> parameter.
> For example, if my xml structure would look like this (ID is not an
> attribute, but an element):
>   <project>
>     <ID>ID_1</ID>
>     <description>..</description>
>     < ... more stuff ...>
>   </project>
> Then I'm able to use this ref attribute in the submission just fine:
> <submission id=".." ref="instance('project_instance')/project/ID" />
> So I'm surprised I could not do this with attribute values.
>
> Is this something to suggest to the w3c XForms workgroup, or is this  
> an
> Orbeon implementation specific behavior?
>
> Thanks,
> Pieter
>
>
>
> Alexander Zatko wrote:
>>
>> Would AVTs help you?
>>
>> http://www.orbeon.com/ops/doc/reference-xforms-2#avts
>>
>>
>> On Jun 25, 2008, at 9:53 PM, Pieter Hartog wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I have an instance that looks like this:
>>> <projects>
>>> <project ID="ID_1">
>>>   <... project stuff ..>
>>> </project>
>>> </projects>
>>>
>>> I want to submit to an XQuery resource and I want to submit the
>>> project ID
>>> attribute as a parameter.
>>> I want to submit something like this: ../get_project_details.xq?
>>> ID='ID_1'
>>>
>>> I was hoping this submit would do the trick, but it doesn't work
>>> (errors out
>>> saying it needs to be a node):
>>> <submission id="..." ref="instance('project_instance')/project/
>>> @ID" ...>
>>>
>>> How can I submit the ID attribute value as a parameter?
>>>
>>> Thanks
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