RE: Versioning

>> I still see a need for a version attribute on the rules element 
>> (beneficial for example for linked rules files since those files 
>> otherwise would not have an indicator to which version they belong).
>
> we decided to link via a xlink attribute which points to a file. 
> If the top element of that file has a version attribute, you will 
> take the version. If not, the version is the one indicated at the 
> top element of the including file.
>
> Where is the problem / tricky case with this solution?
>
CL> The top-level elements of the file to which the xlink goes is
CL> "rules", right?
CL> In that case, you would have/need the version element on "rules".

Mmmm... It could be (and I think it will be in most of the cases).

But so far I have assumed you could also link to files that have <rules> but are not necessarily only that. For example you could
link to the XML Schema, couldn't you?
Or to some kind of user-defined XML document that include ITS rules along with other things (general instructions for the localizer,
whatever...). The ITS processor would not care sinnce it looks only to the <rules> element(s?) there.

-ys

Received on Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:35:57 UTC