Re: [ubl-ndrsc] Re: Minutes for 6 February 2002 UBL NDR meeting

[Eduardo Gutentag <eduardo.gutentag@sun.com>]

Unfortunately, this definition by reference still does not tell me what
exactly is a leaf element, particularly as it's peppered with howevers. 
Sorry for appearing thick (or being, as some would assert;-)) but I still 
don't understand what a leaf element is, and I can't create an example thereof.

"Eve L. Maler" wrote:
> 
> At 05:28 PM 2/8/02 -0800, Eduardo Gutentag wrote:
> >"Eve L. Maler" wrote:
> > > Eduardo, please note the ACTION below that the SC hoped you would take
> > > on.  Can you positively acknowledge this?
> >
> >I believe there might be an error in the minutes; I have no recollection
> >of volunteering for this. This may be a voice-identification issue.
> 
> I believe people discussed this after you dropped off, and they hoped you
> would be willing to take on this action item after being informed that the
> task needs doing.
> 
> >Talking about confusion, I have a problem with the use of the term "leaf".
> >For me that refers to a non-branching element, that is an element with
> >attributes and data, but with no further elements contained in it. Many
> >people seem to use "leaf" with a rather different meaning. Could someone
> >explain to me what do they mean by "leaf"?
> 
> Unfortunately, I wasn't in the conversation either.  I hope someone will
> speak up to clarify.
> 
> For my part, I think there's a clue in the CC structure that Mike R.
> referred to in his recent message: the difference between the primary
> content of a CC and its supplementary components.  For an element that
> directly contains characters, it would be a fairly clean and
> "deterministic" break to say that its content should be the primary content
> associated with that CC and the supplementary components should be attributes.
> 
> However, I fear that this may offer only a false hope if, for example, some
> of the supplementary components have (or would benefit from) internal
> structure.
> 
> Also, if this is such a good dividing line, it would work for non-leaf
> elements as well as leaf elements.  E.g., the primary content would be in
> the form of some structured subelements and the supplementary components
> could easily be attributes.
> 
> I think it's time for a set of examples that's varied enough for us to test
> the different scenarios.  Perhaps we can extract such a thing from the
> growing PartyExample.  Arofan, can you speak to this?
> 
>          Eve
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