From 3eb8fbb227a508296a8b845b451da8ba970cd302 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carsten Bormann Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 09:31:13 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] (editorial): avoid "natural rule" As per https://github.com/ietf-wg-jsonpath/draft-ietf-jsonpath-base/pull/98#discussion_r650924666 --- draft-ietf-jsonpath-base.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/draft-ietf-jsonpath-base.md b/draft-ietf-jsonpath-base.md index 1f2c8b1b..f2afeda9 100644 --- a/draft-ietf-jsonpath-base.md +++ b/draft-ietf-jsonpath-base.md @@ -962,7 +962,9 @@ MUST raise an error. #### Syntax {: unnumbered} -The descendant selector starts with a double dot `'..'`. It can be used in place of the normal `dot-selector`. So it will usually be followed by an object member name. As an extension to that natural rule it might also be followed by an `index-selector` acting on objects or arrays. +The descendant selector starts with a double dot `'..'` and can be +followed by an object member name (similar to the `dot-selector`), +by an `index-selector` acting on objects or arrays, or by a wild card. ~~~~ abnf descendant-selector = ".." ( dot-member-name / ; ..