Re: [xtm-wg] Syntax is a bitch :-(

["Nikita Ogievetsky" <nogievet@cogx.com>]

[Michel Biezunski:]
> [Eliot Kimber:]
>
>  For example, with XPath, it's almsot as easy to
> > address by unique topic name as it is to address by ID value.
>
> Except that this solution will not work if there is the slightest change
> in your topic map document. Therefore this is only  advisable if the topic
> map
> is never going to change.
>
> (The ID strategy does not completely protect from the same problem, but
it's
> slightly sounder.)

For this reason,
"type" attribute on topic characteristics and associations
gives even sounder (sort of reverse)
solution then "id".
It makes the task more manageable by
letting one worry mainly about addressing topic links,
not their characteristics.

Thanks,

Nikita.

PS:
please see my note on singletons.

Nikita Ogievetsky
http://www.cogx.com
nogievet@cogx.com
(917)406-8734
Consultant in XML/XSLT/Xlink/TopicMaps



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