Re: ISSUE 16: parameters for rules

Thanks for the explanation, Jirka. Yes, that was my concern. If we create a
dedicated "its:param" element, we probably should add your guidance below.

Felix

2012/6/18 Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>

> On 16.6.2012 10:36, Yves Savourel wrote:
>
> > <its:param> would be just to define the defaults and declare the
> variables. I think it’s needed in XPath. The tools can override the
> defaults any way they want.
> >
> > Jirka, please correct me if needed.
>
> Yes, each ITS implementation can provide it's own mechanism for setting
> ITS parameters.
>
> I think that Felix's concern was about possible name clashes with XSLT
> parameters he uses internally in his XSLT implementation. For XSLT based
> implementation it would be logical to map ITS parameters directly to
> XSLT parameters, because otherwise all XPath expression with variable
> references will have to be parsed and reconstructed later on.
>
> Felix, if this is your concern you can put your internal parameters into
> namespace. It's not very well know feature of XSLT, but you can have:
>
> <xsl:param name="my:param1"/>
>
> <xsl:value-of select="$my:param"/>
>
> This will prevent possible clashes with ITS parameters in your case.
>
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