From e95a7b5e68a1e25972451f4196c1245a3bc1f7d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Edberg <42151464+pedberg-icu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:19:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] CLDR-17770 Clarify what the alias element path value is
 relative to (#4073)

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 docs/ldml/tr35.md | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/ldml/tr35.md b/docs/ldml/tr35.md
index aa1c10898da..a2d7f60f939 100644
--- a/docs/ldml/tr35.md
+++ b/docs/ldml/tr35.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 |Version|46 (draft)|
 |-------|----------|
 |Editors|Mark Davis (<a href="mailto:markdavis@google.com">markdavis@google.com</a>) and <a href="tr35.md#Acknowledgments">other CLDR committee members</a>|
-|Date|2024-07-08|
+|Date|2024-09-24|
 |This Version|<a href="https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-73/tr35.html">https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-73/tr35.html</a>|
 |Previous Version|<a href="https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-72/tr35.html">https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-72/tr35.html</a>|
 |Latest Version|<a href="https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/">https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/</a>|
@@ -2759,7 +2759,7 @@ Consider the following example in root:
 
 If the locale "de_DE" is being accessed for a month name for format/abbreviated, then a resource bundle at "de_DE" will be searched for a resource element at that path. If not found there, then the resource bundle at "de" will be searched, and so on. When the alias is found in root, then the search is restarted, but searching for format/**wide** element instead of format/abbreviated.
 
-If the `path` attribute is present, then its value is an [[XPath](#XPath)] that points to a different node in the tree. For example:
+If the `path` attribute is present, then its value is an [[XPath](#XPath)] that points to a different node in the tree. **That XPath is not relative to the location of the `alias` element itself, but rather to the location of the element that _contains_ the alias element, as seen in the example above.** For example:
 
 ```xml
 <alias source="locale" path="../monthWidth[@type='wide']"/>
@@ -4158,6 +4158,7 @@ Other contributors to CLDR are listed on the [CLDR Project Page](https://www.uni
   * In [EBNF](#ebnf), added more differences from W3C EBNF,
     and documented use of wfc: and vc: for wellformedness and validity constraints.
     Marked clauses with that format where appropriate, and grouped constraints after the relevant EBNF.
+  * In [Element alias](#Alias_Elements), clarified the location to which the path in the `alias` element is relative.
 
 * Part 3: [Numbers](tr35-numbers.md#Contents)
   * In [Supplemental Currency Data](tr35-numbers.md#Supplemental_Currency_Data), for the `currency` element,