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It's necessary to improve XPath model (xml.xpath.ext module). It should provide data structures, which don't depend on namespace context. According to these structures, 2 semantically similar XPath expressions should be the same even if they defined in different namespace contexts. The only difference between the expressions is in namepace prefixes. Such approach can simplify the code of BPEL mapper or another mappers. It also should accelerate execution a bit. XPath model already have XPathSchemaContext classes, which do similar work, but they don't cover all XPath elements.