RE: Static flagger belongs in static context

Well said, Michael.

Best regards
Michael

> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-qt-comments-request@w3.org [mailto:public-qt-comments-
> request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Michael Kay
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:49 PM
> To: 'Jonathan Robie'; 'XML Query Comments'
> Subject: RE: Static flagger belongs in static context
> 
> 
> >
> > "2.6.6.1 XQuery Flagger" says: "If the XQuery Flagger is
> > enabled, a static error [err:XQ0015] is raised if the query
> > contains a must-understand extension." This implies that the
> > XQuery Flagger must be available in the static context.
> >
> 
> I personally think the XQuery Flagger is unenforceable and therefore
> should be removed.
> 
> We cannot stop someone shipping a product that supports two languages,
> one of which is XQuery and the other is NotXQuery. Such a product can
> claim conformance. The fact that the language supported by NotXQuery
is
> actually XQuery plus extensions, with no flagger, cannot alter the
fact
> that the product as a whole is conformant. The XQuery specification
> cannot impose any constraints on the behavior of a NotXQuery
processor.
> 
> Michael Kay

Received on Tuesday, 10 February 2004 19:40:59 UTC