Subject: Re: [xsl] keys and idrefs - XSLT2 request? From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:45:43 +0100 |
> or at least am only being as barmy as you. that's not necessarily an achievement to be proud of. > I wasn't necessarily saying that, I think. > > Firstly, there are a few things in the Structures part of XML Schema > that are useful Yes, I was being deliberately argumentative. (So unlike me, normally). Defaulted elements/attributes should I agree be supported, although as with defaulted attributes in DTDs authors would be wise to take care of using them. > By the way, I find your example of xsl:sort a little disconcerting > because the data-type attribute on xsl:sort is supposed to specify the > data type, not the data type of the select expression... er yes, it just came out that way as I typed the message. However given a set of casting rules/functions it would I think be more natural for xsl:sort to sort according to the datatype of the expression. (as with an explicit cast one can be sure all the expressions do have the same datatype) on the other hand since the data-type attribute exists and would be kept, this might be seen as an alternative syntax for an explict cast. > I was thinking a little bit about the same local casting, but > to *complex types*. For example: well yes it's useful, so long as including a full schema engine doesn't end up causing engine bloat in every XSLT implementation. "just" supporting primitive types seems like quite a nice thing. > and they might find the brainstorming so much spam. I'm sure no one ever considers your messages as spam. Although I do agree that having a comments list off to one side is inconvenient. In the MathML spec we specified that comments go to www-math list which is the general discussion list for MathML. Sending comments to a list to which you are not subscribed, and for which the archives are full of genuine spam, doesn't really give any confidence that the comments will be seen never mind addressed. David _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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