Re: A further benefit of a generalised Copy micro-operation component

It's more a "put" than a "copy" function
moreover, the switching between source and target is not obvious to me



On 1/11/07, Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
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> The availability of 'here' documents for input will make a Copy
> component a very simple and useful way to add constant items to a
> document.  For example:
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>  <p:step type="Copy">
>   <p:input port="target">...</p:input>
>   <p:input port="source">
>    <p:inline>
>     <dummy author="Henry S. Thompson" date="2006-10-01"/>
>    </p:inline>
>   </p:input>
>   <p:parameter name="from" value="/dummy/@*"/>
>   <p:parameter name="to" value="//article"/>
>  </p:step>
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> would add fixed author and date attributes to all 'article' elements of
> the document on the 'target' port.
>
> I'm a bit unsure about port names -- 'source' and 'target' are natural
> for a copy operation, but going that route means using 'source' for
> what is at least in this case clearly _not_ the primary input. . .
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> ht
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Received on Saturday, 13 January 2007 13:46:17 UTC