Allowing for multi-level specialization in topicmeta

["France Baril" <France.Baril@ixiasoft.com>]

I just got a case where I needed to extend topicmeta (enhancedmeta) in order to include extra metadata to a map. The obvious solution was to specialize from topicmeta/othermeta. However, othermeta cannot contain other elements or text and therefore does not meet the requirements for a multi-level specialization. I would suggest that we change the model to othermeta (#PCDATA | othermeta)* in order to allow for multilevel specilization:

 

<othermetagroup>

    <othermetaitem/>

    <othermetaitem/>

<othermetagroup>

 

For my immediate needs,  I'll specialize from keywords/keyword in order to get 2 levels, but I am breaking away from the semantics.

 

 

France Baril

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