RE: [All] question to implementors (Re: [ACTION-155] (related to [ISSUE-16]) parameters for rules)

Sound good.

 

I would just add that implementing <its:param> is relatively simple.

 

Cheers,

-ys

 

 

From: Felix Sasaki [mailto:fsasaki@w3.org] 
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2012 6:10 PM
To: Jirka Kosek
Cc: Yves Savourel; public-multilingualweb-lt@w3.org
Subject: [All] question to implementors (Re: [ACTION-155] (related to [ISSUE-16]) parameters for rules)

 

Hi all,

 

I have no objections against the latest proposal from Jirka if we get a clear statement that 

"implementation MUST support its:param"

is no issue, for all implementors in the group. I know that some (e.g. David Filip) are thinking of just wrapping okapi tools for at least some ITS processing, but for the others I'm not sure. So I would propose to close this by asking TCD, DCU, Moravia, Cocomore, Linguaserve, VistaTec, Lucy Software to confirm that they will implement this. Would that be OK for everybody?

 

Best,

 

Felix

2012/7/6 Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>

On 6.7.2012 8:52, Yves Savourel wrote:

> - We don't have restrictions about not using variables in XPath expressions, but we don't have a way to declare them and provide defaults. So I think it's important to have <its:param> (isn't it like fixing a 1.0 oversight?)

Actually declared variables are part of XPath context. As we haven't
said anything about XPath context i ITS 1.0 no variables were declared.
So I think that ITS 1.0 is in this aspect fine (although it contains
another small problems related to XPath integration).


> - Should we make a distinction between:
>
> A) supporting <its:param>, that it: understanding <its:param> and providing the defaults value to the XPath engine,
>
> and B) (in addition) supporting overriding the ITS parameters, that is: providing a way (tool-specific) to set values other than the defaults?

I think that we should say:

- implementation MUST support its:param
- implementation SHOULD provide means for changing its:param and such
means are implementation defined

                        Jirka

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