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Re: RE: Make implicit structures explicit

• From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@gmail.com>
• To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>, "xml-dev@l..." <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 11:20:20 -0700

Roger,

I wouldn't mind numbering if there was a pre-processing step that
sorts the steps according to their numbers, and removes the numbering
attributes :)


Cheers,
Dimitre



On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 4:45 AM, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Thanks again for the excellent responses.
>
> Recall that I advocated for adding an attribute that indicates the order in which a list of elements are to be evaluated, e.g.,
>
> <aircraft-approach-procedure>
>     <transition step="2">Enter glide slope</transition>
>     <transition step="3">Correct for wind conditions</transition>
>     <transition step="1">Contact control tower</transition>
> </aircraft-approach-procedure>
>
> The argument that dissuaded me most powerfully was this simple message from a colleague:
>
>         What is the benefit of adding @step (a
>         sequence number)? We are not using
>         key punch cards, so we will not drop it.
>
> /Roger
>
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