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Subject: Re: Multiple XML files
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 09:00:42 -0400
multiple xml files
At 99/05/17 21:35 -0400, Chris Maden wrote:
>[Ray Waldin]
>> Isn't the ...ref() suffix (as in idref(), keyref(), and docref())
>> somewhat misleading?
>
>I think the argument is that you give id() an ID string, and you give
>idref() an IDREF attribute node.  Similarly, docref() takes a node
>which is a reference to a document, while doc() takes a document
>locator.

I view this differently as id() can be given an IDREF attribute node; as I
posted recently there is no difference between id(@foo) and idref(@foo) if
foo lexically parses as a simple unique identifier (though they are
different if the value of the attribute can be parsed as a space separated
list of identifiers).

The way I view all of the foo() and fooref() distinctions is that foo() is
given a single value while fooref() is given a set of values "by reference
of a node set".  Each of the functions work in this fashion.

>It's a little shaky, I agree, but moot; I believe that the foo() and
>fooref() functions are going to be merged in the next draft.

Interesting ... I think the distinction is important to preserve ...
perhaps Ray's previous recommendation (expanded slightly) of id()/idset(),
key()/keyset(), and doc()/docset() is appropriate.  Whatever pattern is
established, the pattern should be used for all the functions.

I feel the distinction is important because id() can also be given a node
set as an argument, but in this case the value used is the value of the
first member of the set, while idref() of a node set "ref"ers to all the
values found in the node set.

.......... Ken

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