[topicmaps-comment] mergeMap Pointing to More Than One topicMap Element

["W. Eliot Kimber" <eliot@isogen.com>]

The XTM 1.0 spec says fairly clearly that mergeMap points to a [single]
topicMap element. 

However, if you have a topic map document whose root element is not in
the XTM name space, then it's possible to have multiple topicMap
elements in a single document, which means that an XPath could easily
address them, e.g.: <mergeMap xlink:href="//topicMap"/>.

I am implementing a mergeMap resolver--there's no reason I can't support
and process mergeMap elements that address a list of topicMap elements.
However, the standard appears to disallow this case.

My question: should I report addressing of more than one topicMap
element as a reportable topic map error or should the XTM spec be
ammended to allow mergeMap to address multiple topicMap elements?

Thanks,

Eliot
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