Re: combine

[James Clark <jjc@thaiopensource.com>]

> You have overshadowed the original definition of "Address"; in other
words,  postCode
> has become mandatory in your example.  I think that this is very different
from
> what people would expect.

This prompts another question.  Is it only the order-dependence of
combine="group" that you dislike, or is there something else?  For example,
do you dislike the fact that forests that match the original pattern don't
match the new, post-combine pattern?  If so, what about attributes?  If you
can use group to add attributes,  and the additional attributes are
required, then a forest that matches the original pattern may not match the
post-combine pattern?  I don't see how you can do XHTML modularization
without allowing something like combine='group' for collections of
attributes.

James