Re: serialization=""

Hi Erik,

Given that both "" and "none" are not mimetypes, I agree with you that 
there is no advantage to "", and now that I see serialization="none" in 
the spec, I agree that it is clearer than serialization="".  Please see 
the latest editor's draft available from the website for the changes. Good 
call.

Cheers,
John M. Boyer, Ph.D.
STSM: Lotus Forms Architect and Researcher
Chair, W3C Forms Working Group
Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software
IBM Victoria Software Lab
E-Mail: boyerj@ca.ibm.com 

Blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/JohnBoyer





Erik Bruchez <ebruchez@orbeon.com> 
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Good point.

But I should point out that there have been lots of complaints that XML 
namespaces are confusing ;-)

-Erik

Nick_Van_den_Bleeken@inventivegroup.com wrote:
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> Just FYI we also use a "" in includenamespaceprefixes.
> Leigh. 
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> -----Original Message-----
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> All,
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> We thought about this at Orbeon and we think that using a blank value 
> for the attribute remains awkward. It is pretty much unseen in XML-based
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> languages out there, and it could also indicate that the developer has 
> forgotten to put a value for the attribute.
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> "none" is not a media type, but neither is a blank string. So I am going
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> to be a flip-flopper here and get back to the idea that "none" is 
> preferable to an empty attribute.
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> -Erik
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