makeRecursive change required

[<martin.me.roberts@bt.com>]

In the CAM 1.1 specification there is a makeRecursive rule that allows a node to include itself recursively.  However, in XML recursion may be required using a node higher up the ancestral tree than the current node - for example the parent of the current node may be required to be included below the current node.  To get round this restriction it is proposed that a minor enhancement is made to the makeRecursive rule that allows for the name (qualified using namespace prefix) of the node to be allowed below the current node is provided as a parameter.  Only nodes that are direct ancestors of the current node may be used.  So for example:

 

root

    child1

        grandchild

            greatgrandchild

    child2

        son

        daughter

 

Under the current makeRecursive if child1 could occur within itself then the rule would be makeRecursive.  Under the new rule this would makeRecursive(child1).

 

Under the new rule son would have a choice of son, child2 or root as possible nodes for recursion.

 

I hope this is clear.

 

martin