Re: XInclude questions

John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> writes:
> Norman Walsh scripsit:
>
>> 2. What attributes should be copied from the XInclude element to the
>>    root(s) of the included content?
>> 
>>    a. all of them
>>    b. all except href, parse, xml:base, and xml:lang
>>    c. only namespace qualified attributes
>>    d. only non-namespace-qualified attributes
>>    e. the attributes to be copied could be explicitly enumerated in
>>    a new attribute
>
> I'm for 2c, which would include the xml:* attributes.  Non-namespaced
> attributes are reserved for XInclude, so they are part of the machinery
> and shouldn't be copied.

I sense consensus forming on 2c.

> However, this raises two subsidiary questions:
>
> 2.1) What happens to xml:id when there are multiple roots?  4.5.3 says
> nothing about how to fix up ID attributes, only IDREF(S) attributes.

I think we copy to all the element roots so you just get duplicate ids.

> 2.2) What happens if the xinclude element and the included root(s) both
> have a given attribute?  I'd say the included root wins, so the copiable
> attributes on the xinclude element are just defaults.

And consensus I think went the other way in subsequent conversation.
I think that's right.

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                                          norm

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