- From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 09:45:11 +0000
- To: Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>
- Cc: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>, Norm Tovey-Walsh <norm@saxonica.com>, ixml <public-ixml@w3.org>
On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 09:43, Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl> wrote: > > > Tks for the clarification Steven. > > <myView> KISS principle, have one option - from the given list () > > seems clearest</myView> > > I completely agree with the KISS principle, but the use of () doesn't come > from a design for representing empty, but from generality and consistency. > There are a number of ways you could explicitly mark empty alternatives, > but they emerge from generality, not from a use case. > > I did once consider allowing empty strings > > empty: "". > > but it didn't add any functionality. I'll reiterate, [] says empty most clearly for me? regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. Docbook FAQ.
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