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Subject: Re: Tin Man Design Question 10 - more thoughts
At 01/02/06 21:39 -0500, David_Marston@lotus.com wrote: >Here is one of the issues identified in my message titled "Test Case >Markup & Cataloging, Tin Man edition" that I sent to this list on >12/1/2000: >10. Extent to which we specify how to set external > parameters, when applicable > >We decided to hold this one in a state of suspension at our 1/9 >meeting. The Iron Man document will reflect the ideas below just to >have something in there, but I don't want you to think that I'm >decding this unilaterally. > >"The most flexibility is achieved by requiring a separate file that has >name/type/value entries, like an old .INI file with enhancements. It >would be up to the test lab, possibly with OASIS guidance, to determine >how to extract the values from the file and present them to each XSLT >processor." We'll presume a file named <Source>.ini for the time being. Can we use an XML file for this information? >This will be an extra file to be marshalled prior to running the test, >hence it will be an entry in the input-file element. Sounds like an XSLT script with method="text" customized by the lab for the environment they are using. We could supply an example for their customization. ................ Ken -- G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/ Box 266, Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0 +1(613)489-0999 (Fax:-0995) Web site: XSL/XML/DSSSL/SGML/OmniMark services, training, products. Book: Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath ISBN 1-894049-06-3 Article: What is XSLT? http://www.xml.com/pub/2000/08/holman/index.html Next public instructor-led training: 2001-02-21,2001-02-27/03-01, - 2001-03-05/07,2001-03-21,2001-04-06/07,2001-05-01,2001-09-19
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