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Hi, I've been working on a DTD recently, and rejected the use of ID and IDREF definitions for cross-referenced attributes largely because of the reasons outlined in the XSL spec (12.2 Keys) - IDs just don't seem to be flexible enough for all purposes. XSL defines the xsl:key element which mitigates these limitations by providing links between elements which are not defined as ID/IDREF pairs. My questions then (if anyone has the time to answer them :) are 1. what are the historic reasons for the current definition of ID/IDREF/IDREFS attributes? 2. are there ever likely to be any plans to allow the definition of attributes in a similar way to XSL keys - i.e. 'ensure that this attribute has a unique value within the set of elements having that attribute in the document'. 3. or is it that no-one has so far need this kind of functionality at the document validation level - is it in fact something which should be dealt with at the application level? 4. or have I missed something along the way in RDF/Schemas/...? Thanks for any responses. L. ================================================================== "Never Do With More, What Can Be Achieved With Less" ---William of Occam ================================================================== Leigh Dodds Eml: ldodds@i... ingenta ltd Tel: +44 1225 826619 BUCS Building, University of Bath Fax: +44 1225 826283 HomePage : http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccslrd/ WebLog : http://my.userland.com/viewChannel$1079 ================================================================== xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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