Re: Order of matching in multiple style-specifications...

[Paul Prescod <papresco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Norman Walsh wrote:
> Imagine that I have a driver and two files, a and b.  In the
> driver I say <style-specification use="a b"> (and all the
> required entities and <external-specifications> are correct).
> And there are no modes in use.
> 
> If (element baz ...) occurs in "a" then (element (bar baz) ...)
> in "b" will never get used.  Right?

Right. Rules in "a" are more specific than rules in "b" except if a mode
in "b" is explicitly invoked.
 
> If I have (element (bar baz) ...) in "a" and
> "(element (foo bar baz) ...)  in "b", will
> "(element (foo bar baz))" ever get used?  No, is my guess.

Right.
 
> If I have (element (foo bar baz) ...) in "a" and
> "(element (bar baz) ...)  in "b", will the right thing happen?
> Will the definition in "a" get called for <foo><bar><baz> and
> the definition in "b" get called for <fred><bar><baz>?

Yes. Specificity rules only come into play when more than one
construction rule applies. In your first example, "a" is more specific
but in the second it doesn't apply at all.
 
 Paul Prescod



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