- From: Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@datadirect.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:21:55 -0500
- To: Michael Dyck <jmdyck@ibiblio.org>
- Cc: public-qt-comments@w3.org
This one also seems editorial, and we'll use editorial process for it, OK? Jonathan Michael Dyck wrote: >XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language >W3C Working Draft 12 November 2003 > >Here are some comments from >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-qt-comments/2002Nov/0105.html >that did not receive a response from the WG. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >A.1.2 Lexical Rules > >The title "Lexical Rules" doesn't descibe this section very well. >"Lexical State Machine" or "Lexical Automaton" would be more accurate. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >para 1 > >"[contexts and transitions] is described" > Change "is" to "are". > >"series of states" > There's no particular ordering on the states, so "set of states" > would be more accurate. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >para 2 > >'a transition will "push" [a state] and will later restore that state by >a "pop" ...' > You're saying that a transition will both push a state and later > restore it, which is not true. One transition pushes it, and another > pops it. So you could say something like: > This state is restored (i.e., made the current state) by a > subsequent "popState" transition. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >para 3 > >"the parser productions" > This phrase conflates the parser and the grammar. Instead, say "the > productions of A.1". > >Also (not a leftover): >"it will be legal in the current EBNF production" > The idea of "current production" is undefined. > Maybe replace with "it will be deemed legal by the parser". > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >-Michael Dyck > > >
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