Hi Wiard, being neither Christian nor Andreas, I nevertheless take a shot :) It's kinda hard to give a hint knowing that little about your case, but I think you problem might be related to namespaces. As the root element 'TEI' declares a namespace, all descendants lie in this namespace (unless they declare another one or are linked to a prefix). Short example - if you want to query a letDesc element you have to specify the namespace it is linked to. Just declare the prefix at the beginning of your query. *declare namespace ns = "http://www.vangoghletters.org/ns/"; //ns:letDesc *You can also use namespace wildcards to access nodes without a specific prefix, for example the 'fileDesc' element: *//*:fileDesc *Hope this helps you a little - don't hesitate to ask for more. I also included a link to a short discussion [1]. I'm afraid I can't provide with a better tutorial about namespaces - it's a rare thing. Regards, Lukas [1] http://www.stylusstudio.com/xquerytalk/200608/001654.html * * 2011/5/20 Wiard Vasen <wiard.vasen@gmail.com>

Dear Christian, Andreas,

I have trouble querying the following text. Could you have a look at it and show me how I can pose different queries on the file?

I would be grateful if you did!

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

Wiard

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