[closed] Re: Proposal: Subid (Attribute)

/ "Benjamin Hartung" <acc10-2005-67@gmx.de> was heard to say:
| Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
|
| may I suggest the introduction of an attribute called (for example) "subid"
| whereof the id of en element can get automatically derrived by a predifined
| mechanism (e.g. extensioning with a dot)? 

Thank you for your comment.

| Example: 
|
| <rootElement>
|  <anElement id="1">
|   <anotherElement subid="1">
|   </anotherElement>
|  </anElement>
| </rootElement>
|
| being equal to 
|
| <rootElement>
|  <anElement id="1">
|   <anotherElement id="1.1">
|   </anotherElement>
|  </anElement>
| </rootElement>
|
| I am not aware that such a mechanism as fundamental XML issue is in place
| already. Or am I wrong?

You are correct, the feature you are requesting does not exist in XML
1.0 or XML 1.1.

| I consider this idea some very helpfull improvement to XML as it simplifies
| generating IDs and would allow DOM search by subid resulting in series of
| elements (e.g. sort of content by multiple dimensions). 
|
| Thanks in advance for your answer!

The Core WG has considered your request but observes that the goal of
xml:id is to make the existing ID functionality available without any
declarations.

Implmenting your suggestion would add a fundamentally new feature to
XML and there is no support in the Core WG for attempting to do that
in the xml:id specification.

With respect, we decline to make any changes based on this comment.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

-- 
Norman.Walsh@Sun.COM / XML Standards Architect / Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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