- From: Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:12:39 -0500
- To: public-rif-wg@w3.org
I just noticed a problem with the <List> syntax in XML. Unlike all the
other class elements (the capitalized ones), it doesn't allow <id> or
<meta> child elements. I notice this mostly because it's the biggest
special case in my generalized RIF parser, but imagine any RIF system
making use of ids or in-line metadata would stumble on this.
I propose we fix this by moving the list items down into a child
element, and then adding the obvious id and meta children. This would
regularize the syntax enough that I wouldn't need to treat List as a
special case at all (and I like that idea a lot).
So instead of:
<List>
<Const ...
<Const ...
<Var ...
<Const ...
<rest> <!-- optional -->
<Var ...
</rest>
<List>
it would be:
<List>
<id ...> <!-- optional -->
<meta ...> <!-- optional -->
<items ordered="yes">
<Const ...
<Const ...
<Var ...
<Const ...
</items>
<rest> <!-- optional -->
<Var ...
</rest>
<List>
Is this okay?
-- Sandro
Received on Friday, 29 January 2010 15:12:47 UTC