Re: [uiml-comment] FQID when "cascade" is specified

["Jim Helms" <jhelms@gmail.com>]

Mr. Endoh,

Thank you for your comments.  We will update the specification to
clarify the case you pointed out.

Your comments actually reveal another issue that is a bit more
complex.  Currently there is a confusion between the idea of a
physical document and a "virtual" or "in-memory" document.  For
example, a physical document would be a single file, while a "virtual"
or "in-memory" document consists of those UIML fragments that have
been parsed and incorporated in to the virtual UI tree (which includes
_sourced_ templates).  This leads to the situation where a template
can be in the same physical document as the rest of the UIML (in the
same file), but not in the same virtual document (the template is
never sourced).  This issue must be clarified in the specification to
make clear where ids must be unique.

Personally, I think that ids should be unique within the virtual
document, thus allowing ids in a single physical document to overlap.
This would allow authors to create a single UIML file that contained a
structure and a template defined with the appropriate ids to allow the
template to cascade correctly on the structure.

Regards,
Jim

On 11/27/07, takashi.endou.zs@kyocera.jp <takashi.endou.zs@kyocera.jp> wrote:
> I would like to point out one more thing concerning
> uiml-core-4.0-draft_RS021007.doc.
>
> When I read the chapter 8.1.2 The Placeholder, I can understand
> that the children are given a fully qualified identifier both in
> "replace" case and in "union" case. But it seems that the children
> are not given any FQID in "cascade" case.
> And the figure 6 shows that they are given no FQID.
>
> In 6.8.10.3 Examples of <restructure> the cascade example describes that
> a FQID is given to an element.
>
>
> I think that a FQID shold be given to an element even in "cascade" case.
> This is because identifiers will conflict if a template is placed in the
> same documnet of uiml.
> I mean, an id of <part> which is inserted into <interface> conflicts
> with an id of <part> in <template>.
> In 6.2.1 The id and class Attributes it is stated that no two elements
> can have the same id within the same UIML document.
> And <template>s can be in the same document.
>
> Best Regards,
> Takashi
> --
> Takashi Endoh
> email: takashi.endou.zs@kyocera.jp
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