Re: Are pipelines in the same library visible to each other?

Norman Walsh wrote:
> Is this legal:
> 
> <p:pipeline-library namespace="http://example.org/"
>                      xmlns:ex="http://example.org/">
>   <p:pipeline name="bar">
>     ...
>   </p:pipeline>
> 
>   <p:pipeline name="foo">
>     <ex:bar/>
>   </p:pipeline>
> </p:pipeline-library>

Yes, this is legal.

> Even if it is, do we agree that this is not?
> 
> <p:pipeline-library namespace="http://example.org/"
>                      xmlns:ex="http://example.org/">
>   <p:pipeline name="bar">
>     <ex:foo/>
>   </p:pipeline>
> 
>   <p:pipeline name="foo">
>     ...
>   </p:pipeline>
> </p:pipeline-library>

No, we don't agree. This should be legal too.

Order doesn't matter when I write templates in XSLT, element 
declarations in XML Schema, definitions in RELAX NG, functions or 
methods in virtually any other programming language you care to mention. 
It shouldn't here.

Jeni
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