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From: Don Park <donpark@d...> > <element> > <pocket:attributes> > <att> > <ch>val</ch> > </att> > </pocket:attributes> > <pocket:children> > <foo> > <pocket:text>bar</pocket:text> > </foo> > </pocket:children> ></element> Compare to XML less RSI-inducing <pocket ch="val"><foo>bar</foo></pocket> Note that the XSL pattern to find the attribute ch of element pocket is "pocket/@ch" for the XML but "element/pocket:children/../pocket:attributes/att/ch" for the alleged SML. It could be said that one could use "element/pocket:attributes/att/ch" but then there is the validation possibility where the pocket:attributes elements are made part of some other element. Of course, it would be possible to make an implementation of an XSL processor that interprets "pocket/@ch" as "element/pocket:children/../pocket:attributes/att/ch" and hides this from the user. It means that instead of looking at a type field in the parse tree, the name is used (presumably a better implementation method would be to translate the alleged SML into standard XML DOM on import). But then the user would have to have in mind the XML markup when reading the alleged SML, which is an additional mental burdon. But I look forward to the development of SPaths, SXSL, SDOM, SML Schemas, SPointers, SLink, SInclusions, etcs. At best, SML will make it easier to get exactly where we are today anywhere. ><element> > <sax:cache> > <foo>bar</foo> > </sax:cache> ></element> Compare to XML: <foo sax:cache="active">bar</foo> When an effect follows element scope, it is better practise to use elements than PIs. Otherwise <?sax cache="on"?><foo>bar</foo><?sax cache="off"?> or perhaps <sax:cache><foo>bar</foo></sax:cache> ><element> > <sax:cache>true</sax:cache> > <foo>bar</foo> > <sax:cache>false</sax:cache> ></element> Compare to XML: <foo sax:cache="active">bar</foo> When an effect follows element scope, it is better practise to use elements than PIs. Otherwise <?sax cache="true"?><foo>bar</foo><?sax cache="false"?> but of course we cannot comment to deeply on a snapshot. Rick Jelliffe 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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