Re: [xsl] question about generate-id()

[Dave Pawson <davep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:18:40 -0400
"G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The uniqueness of identifiers is guaranteed only when generate-id() 
> is used for every identifier.  This makes sense because generate-id() 
> has no way of knowing which of your attributes are identifiers and 
> which are not.

Not even when the 'id' values are @id? That sounds wrong Ken. 

16.6.4
There is no guarantee that a generated unique identifier will be
distinct from any unique IDs specified in the source document.

Yuk. IMHO that's a spec weakness. More constrained, surely
it's not rocket science to implement.

Tks Ken. 


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