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Re: composite elements

• From: Ronald Bourret <rpbourret@r...>
• To: Pete McKinstry <pete_mckinstry@y...>, xml-dev <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:13:15 -0700

I don't know beans about workflows, but can't you just do something
like:

   <!ELEMENT Activity (SingleActivity | Activity+)>
   <!ELEMENT SingleActivity (content model describing a single
activity)>

-- Ron

Pete McKinstry wrote:
> 
> I'm working on a workflow engine, and i would like to
> model each workflow as an xml document, but i'm having
> trouble figuring out how to support composite
> elements. (GOF like) I'm thinking of acitivites that
> are themselves a logical group of activities. The only
> thing I can come up w/ is using a sub-activity
> element, but that would only allow a static depth to
> the model.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas for me? Perhaps I'm
> thinking about this incorrectly? Help is appreciated
> in advance.
> 
> -pgm
> 
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