Re: IDREF*S*

[cagle@olywa.net (Kurt Cagle)]

Oops, sorry about that ...
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Clark" <jjc@jclark.com>
To: "Kurt Cagle" <kurt@kurtcagle.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: IDREF*S*


> I suggest you send your replies to the whole list.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kurt Cagle" <cagle@olywa.net>
> To: "James Clark" <jjc@jclark.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 11:09 AM
> Subject: Re: IDREF*S*
>
>
> > > XML allows a single attribute value to contain more than one
reference.
> Do
> > > we need to support this in out ID/IDREF replacement feature? (I
believe
> > > Schema's key/keyref feature does not support this.)
> >
> > It's a pain to convert idref="idref1 idref2 idref3" into individual
> > references in XSLT or DOM. It is far easier to work with
> > <refs>
> >     <ref idref="idref1"/>
> >     <ref idref="idref2"/>
> >     <ref idref="idref3"/>
> > </refs>
> >
> > even if it somewhat more verbose. This becomes a clean iteration with no
> > additional processing, select="//ref/@idref", and is easier to follow
from
> a
> > legibility standpoint.  It also makes it easier to pass xlink or rdf
> > information this way, whereas attempting to do the same with white space
> > separated attribute values is considerably uglier.
> >
> > -- Kurt
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