Re: Attributes in the results format

On 30 Apr 2007, at 15:06, Seaborne, Andy wrote:
...
> 1/ Keep the status quo.  Nothing for REDUCED, weak text for  
> definitions.
>
> 2/ Make the attributes only be true when explicitly requested.
>    2a/ No reduced="true"
>    2b/ Add a reduced=
>
> 3/ Drop one or both of the current attributes.  Fix or leave the  
> other.
>
> I think the intention was to use attributes to specificy whether an  
> explciit distinct or ordered request was made (by including the  
> keywords or vai an API), not to make the query processor determine  
> the fact for the client in query requests without some explicit  
> marker.  That is the "such as" means this is "one way of doing it  
> but alternative indications, like API calls are OK".
>
>
> I am against (1) and for (3), dropping both attributes.

I'm in favour of (3) dropping both - I haven't seen any benefit to  
them other than enabling more elaborate pretty-printing of results.

- Steve

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