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UUDigitalHumanitieslab · Aug 30, 2023 · 9e86dd0 · 9e86dd0
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diff --git a/backend/search/basex_search.py b/backend/search/basex_search.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 def check_xpath(xpath: str) -> bool:
     """Return True if a string is (only) a valid XPath, otherwise False."""
     try:
+        # for some reason ".." isn't being properly parsed. since it's an abbreviation for
+        # parent::node(), we can replace it ahead of time
         Parser(xpath.replace('..', 'parent::node()'), no_resolve=True)
         return True
     except: