Re: reftype (IDREF constraints)

>From: "Arnold, Curt" <Curt.Arnold@hyprotech.com>
>To: "'Robin Cover'" <robin@isogen.com>
>Cc: "'www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org'" <www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org>
>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 18:36:06 -0600
>Subject: RE: reftype (IDREF constraints)

>Robin Cover wrote:
>>> So: are any of the new specs addressing the
>>> matter of constraints upon referenced elements?
>>> In current syntax, this would amount to saying
>>> that IDREF(s) in a given case could only be
>>> pointers to specified (classes of) GIs, as
>>> approximately in the HyTime 'reftype'.

>I don't know of any.

The Schema WG has formed a small task force which is preparing a
recommendation on how the Schema specs should address "better reference
mechanisms" [1].  Among other things, they will be addressing scoped IDs
(document-level, GI-level, archetype-level?, XPath-level?, etc.) as well as
IDREFS (or other mechanisms) for referencing such scoped IDs.

A summary of the task force's recommendation and technical discussion of
that recommendation will take place on the Schema IG list [2].

pvb

References
[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-wg/1999Jul/0131.html
[2] http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/1999/05/xml-schema-ig-charter.html

Received on Wednesday, 4 August 1999 12:12:56 UTC