RE: [xliff] RE: Proposed solution for csprd02 (RE: csprd02 comment - xml:lang and xml:space)

["Schnabel, Bryan S" <bryan.s.schnabel@tektronix.com>]

Hi Yves,

> Wouldn't be me more consistent to do like 
> David did for srcDir and trgDir and indicates 
> that the default value depends on the
> parent/ancestor? 

The point I struggled to make was that we still need to account for the more common scenario, that in which no xml:space attribute occurs on the parent/ancestor - and no xml:space attribute occurs on the <source> and <target>

<xliff>
  <file>
    <unit id="1">
      <segment>
         <source>Yippy!</source>
     </segment>
    </unit>
  </file>
</xliff>

I don't recall the TC discussion about xml:space. But I think our whole reason for including the section in the spec is that in the absence of an explicit xml:space="preserve" on <source> or <target> is that we want the value to be   "default."

If we say "the default value depends on the parent/ancestor" we are not making our point.

Maybe it's not so important?

Thanks,

Bryan

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From: xliff@lists.oasis-open.org [xliff@lists.oasis-open.org] on behalf of Yves Savourel [ysavourel@enlaso.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 7:00 AM
To: xliff@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [xliff] RE: Proposed solution for csprd02 (RE: csprd02 comment - xml:lang and xml:space)

Hi Bryan,

> When you say “I'm wondering if it's not worth having some note about this
> in the xml:space section,” are you referring to 4.3.2.2 xml:space?

Yes.


> [add the following note]
> Note
> Because the xml:space attribute is not prohibited on elements that allow
> non-XLIFF namespace attributes, <source> or <target> elements that do
> not have an xml:space attribute could inherit an xml:space value.
> If an ancestor element has an xml:space attribute, the <source> or
> <target> would inherit that value.

Sounds fine to me.


> As for your second point:
> ...
> I think you mean that elements who do not set their own xml:space,
> who descend from  elements which do have xml:space set to something,
> have the same value as that ancestor.

Yes.


> But I think if xml:space was not set on any ancestor, the Default value
> is still “default” for these <source> and <target> elements.
> Therefore, I think the proposed solution above satisfies this point as well.

Wouldn't be me more consistent to do like David did for srcDir and trgDir and indicates that the default value depends on the
parent/ancestor?


Cheers,
-yves



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