- From: Erik Siegel <mailing@xatapult.nl>
- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 08:04:52 +0200
- To: "'Norman Walsh'" <ndw@nwalsh.com>, "'XProc Dev'" <xproc-dev@w3.org>
I'm in favor, it makes using the properties easier without cluttering the language too much, which is good. Erik > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Norman Walsh [mailto:ndw@nwalsh.com] > Verzonden: zondag 8 oktober 2017 16:20 > Aan: XProc Dev <xproc-dev@w3.org> > Onderwerp: p:document-properties() / p:document-property() > > Hi, > > The spec currently says that p:document-properties() returns the document > properties as a map. I think it should also be possible to get them as an XML > document. > > I propose: > > p:document-properties($doc as document-node()) as map(xs:QName, > item()) > > and > > p:document-properties-document($doc as document-node()) as document- > node() > > (Suggestions for better names gratefully accepted; note that I’ve explicitly > avoided the “use a second argument that identifies the type” solution > because I think it’s convenient to have a return type that’s more explicit > than item(). But I could be wrong.) > > I’m also proposing: > > p:document-property($doc as document-node(), $key as xs:QName) as > item() > > which returns the value of the $key key in the map, if there is one. > It returns the empty sequence if the key does not exist. > > I think p:document-property(., 'content-type') is simpler and more direct > than map:get(p:document-properties(.), 'content-type') or p:document- > properties-document(.)/content-type. > > Thoughts? > > Be seeing you, > norm > > -- > Norman Walsh > Lead Engineer > MarkLogic Corporation > Phone: +1 512 761 6676 > www.marklogic.com
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