- From: Hassan Aït-Kaci <hak@ilog.com>
- Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:59:06 -0700
- To: RIF WG <public-rif-wg@w3.org>
Hassan Aït-Kaci wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I do not understand on grammar rule in the BLD rule language grammar
> http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/BLD#EBNF_for_RIF-BLD_Rule_Language.
> Namely:
>
> Ruleset ::= 'Ruleset' IRIMETA? '(' (RULE | Ruleset)* ')'
> IRIMETA ::= Frame
>
> I remember Harold expressing some argument for using a Frame for the
> metadata, although I do not remember his rationale (but see below).
> My question has to do with the first rule imposing a uselessy wordy
> packaging of a set of rules into something like:
>
> Ruleset(rule_1
> Ruleset(rule_2
> ...
> Ruleset(rule_n)...))
>
> Instead of simply:
>
> Ruleset(rule_1
> rule_2
> ...
> rule_n)
Oups - I have read the rule incorrectly. What I wrote is not correct.
The simpler form is indeed also allowed. Sorry.
-hak
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Received on Wednesday, 2 April 2008 02:00:55 UTC