Re: Alternate "parameters" draft

On 5/23/07, Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com> wrote:
>
> Alex Milowski wrote:
> > I'm a little confused by:
> >
> > "If no binding is provided for a parameter input port, a default
> > binding is constructed. If the step's container has exactly one
> > parameter input port, then this port is bound to it. If the container
> > does not have exactly one parameter input port, then this port is
> > bound to a document that consists only of an empty c:parameters
> > element."
> >
> > So, that means the in-scope parameters for the contained steps are
> > "bound" to any
> > unbound parameter input port, right?
>
> Yes, except there aren't any in-scope parameters, only parameter input
> ports on the container.

That doesn't work with how p:group can bind parameters via the
status quo.

That makes the fact that p:group as a p:parameter element not make much sense.

http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/docs/alternate/#p.group


-- 
--Alex Milowski
"The excellence of grammar as a guide is proportional to the paucity of the
inflexions, i.e. to the degree of analysis effected by the language
considered."

Bertrand Russell in a footnote of Principles of Mathematics

Received on Wednesday, 23 May 2007 21:37:17 UTC