Re: bug in syntax of rif:List

> While we had long disucssions leading to the current CR XML syntax
> for lists, your proposal would make the XML syntax more consistent
> across <Atom>, <Expr>, and <List>, although more deeply nested and
> further 'attributed'.
> 
> But regarding the 'ordered' attribute in the current
> 
> <args ordered="yes">,
> 
> the XSD understands that args are always ordered (fixed):
> 
> <xs:attribute name="ordered" type="xs:string" fixed="yes"/>
> 
> I'm fine with the proposal if we allow the same for
> 
> <items ordered="yes">.
>
> Harold

Yes, absoltely, the ordered="yes", on the item element would be
manditory.  This would mean the only special cases in the syntax would
be the two attributes (type and ordered) (and maybe <Var>, depending how
you look at it).

     -- Sandro


> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-rif-wg-request@w3.org [mailto:public-rif-wg-request@w3.org] On=
>  Behalf Of Sandro Hawke
> Sent: January 29, 2010 11:13 AM
> To: public-rif-wg@w3.org
> Subject: bug in syntax of rif:List
> 
> 
> 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=3D"yes">
>            <Const ...
>            <Const ...
>            <Var ...
>            <Const ...
>         </items>
> 	<rest>         <!-- optional -->
>            <Var ...
>         </rest>
>      <List>
> 
> 
> Is this okay?
> 
>       -- Sandro
> 
> 
> 
>

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