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Re: XLink - where are we? [tiny amount o

  • From: james anderson <James.Anderson@m...>
  • To: David Brownell <db@E...>, xml-dev@i...
  • Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 13:39:04 +0100

Re: XLink - where are we? [tiny amount o
David Brownell wrote:
> 
> Graham Moore wrote:
> >
> > Eliot wrote
> >
> > > The last two [java class for elements / swing classes] are no different
> > > from requiring a style sheet--someone still has to provide
> > > a per-document or document type definition of what the styling should
> > > be
> >
> > The functional binding / class => element could be done as a default. Look
> > in the location where the document was acquired from using the element name
> > as the class name. It would just work, with no additional configuration
> > files. If no class exists then the node is just a node.
> 
> That doesn't seem sufficient to me.  What's the package name?

a mapping from the namespace name. (java packages may require an intermediate)

> What about classes that should represent multiple element types?

specialize the class appropriately

> What about the different semantics associated with different namespaces?

that's what packages are for.

> Suppose you want the element and class names to be different, perhaps because
> you and your users work with different natural languages?

support an architectural attribute, with appropriate defaults in the attribute definitions.


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