Selecting Nodes in xml with an specific attribute with jQuery

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after reading jquery xml select I wanted to do something similar with this rdf/xml:

<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://someURI/999">
  <dc:relation rdf:resource="http://www.someURI/888" />
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.someURI/001">
  <dc:relation rdf:resource="http://www.someURI/987/777"/>
 </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>

I want to select the node with the attribute "rdf:about" ending with 001. I tried:

var node = $(xml).find("rdf:Description[rdf:about$=001]");

But it wont work. It returns the whole thing document. Any ideas?

Edit: Corrected spelling error. Doesn't change the problem, though.

tanathos · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-13 10:46:55Z

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Uhm... I think is an escape problem. Try to use

var node = $(xml).find("rdf\\:Description[rdf\\:about$=001]");

answered May 13, 2011 at 10:46

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albifant Over a year ago

Sorry tanathos, I have been working on this (way to long). I really don't understand why this doesn't work for me. The longer I stare at it, the more I am convinced that it is correct and my error has to be somewhere else. I'll keep looking and use a workaround for now. Thanks for your help- sorry for the late accept.

Boldewyn · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-13 09:05:00Z

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Check your spelling. It's rdf:Description with an upper-case D. In XML, the case is significant.

answered May 13, 2011 at 9:05

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albifant Over a year ago

Yes and no. There is a spelling error, but once corrected I still see the same behavior. Which made me thinking: Is my handling of the return value incorrect? I do that like so: var node = $(rdfDoc).find("rdf:Description[rdf:about$=001]");

Boldewyn Over a year ago

tanathos got it right, as far as I can see. The colon must be escaped. There's nothing wrong with the variable assignment, it's best jQuery style ;-)

René Höhle · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-13 13:20:46Z

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Run into similar problem. For me dropping the namespace worked.
So I would try something like: $(rdfDoc).find("Description[about$=001]"); Not 100% sure about the attribute cause I was only trying to obtain node.

edited Nov 13, 2014 at 13:20

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answered Nov 13, 2014 at 13:03

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