[relax-ng-comment] Compact syntax is not compact enough. Why?

["Paul T (spk)" <paul@pault.com>]

 

I took  the sample of Relax NG non-xml syntax

from

 

http://books.xmlschemata.org/relaxng/RngBookNonXmlSyntax.html

 

element library {
  element book {
   attribute id {text},
   attribute available {text},
   element isbn {text},
   element title {attribute xml:lang {text}, text},
   element author {
    attribute id {text},
    element name {text},
    element born {text},
    element dead {text}?}*,
   element character {
    attribute id {text},
    element name {text},
    element born {text},
    element qualification {text}}*
  } +
}

 

Applying tersexml notation

( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tersexml/message/15 )

it could be written as

 

library {

    book [ id = text   available = text  ] {

            isbn { text }

            title [ xml:lang = text  ] {

                    text

            }

            author [ id = text  ] {

                    name { text }

                    born { text }

                    dead { text } ?

            } *

            character [ id = text  ] {

                    name { text }

                    born { text }

                    qualification { text }

            } *

    } +

}

 

Or, keeping the spirit of current relax NG

it could be  ( I don't like it, but still ... ) :

 

library {

    book [ id { text }  available { text } ] {

            isbn { text }

            title [ xml:lang { text }  ] {

                    text

            }

            author [ id { text }  ] {

                    name { text }

                    born { text }

                    dead { text } ?

            } *

            character [ id { text } ] {

                    name { text }

                    born { text }

                    qualification { text }

            } *

    } +

}

 

1. What are the problems of those terse notations,

comparing to current notation ( which is not

terse enough, from my point of view ).

 

I'm sure that this question has been asked

already, because  I can't belive people enjoy

writing

 

element a { text }

 

instead of just

 

a { text }

 

2 ... What was the resolution ( if any ) last time

when this question has been asked?

 

Rgds.Paul.