Re: Action Item: http://www.w3.org/2006/04/19-i18nits-minutes.html#action01 (handling of inclusions)

Hi Yves, all,

Yves Savourel wrote:
> Hi Felix, all,
>  
>> It seems that it was clear to Sebastian, only unclear to Yves 
>> and me, so how about adding just one sentence to your proposal:
>>
>> <note>
>> The XPath expressions used by ITS selection assume that any inclusions 
>> (such as those based on XInclude) are resolved before selection is 
>> applied. Accordingly, inclusion mechanisms such as XInclude or DITA's 
>> <gi>conref</gi> may need to be followed before ITS selections are 
>> applied. </note>
>>
>> that is:
>> [[However, to avoid interoperability problems, the interpretation of 
>> XPath expressions within the ITS selections MUST NOT require that 
>> inclusion mechanisms are  processed.]]
> 
> But wouldn't this addition contradict the first sentence? If we assume inclusions are resolved it means we've probably processed
> them.

the sentence contains "may need to be followed", which maybe causes the
ambiguity. How about this, as a proposal for the whole paragraph:

XPath expressions used by ITS selection do not rely on any inclusion
mechanisms like XInclude or DITA's <att>conref</att> attribute. To avoid
interoperability problems, the interpretation of XPath expressions
within the ITS selections MUST NOT require that inclusion mechanisms are
 processed.

- Felix