Re: pipeline library

/ Rui Lopes <rlopes@di.fc.ul.pt> was heard to say:
| Adding this attribute to p:pipeline-library would allow for directly
| running pipeline libraries without specifying the initial pipeline to
| be run, a nice feature for self contained XProc-based applications and
| automation scripts (both XProc usages that must not be taken into
| account).
|
| This feature isn't cumbersome to implement, easy to understand from
| author's point of view, and has a minimal impact on the spec.
|
| I propose an attribute @default, as an NCName (in consonance with
| p:pipeline's @name), or QName (in consonance with p:pipeline's @type).
|
| To prevent ambiguity, if a pipeline library imports other libraries
| and if it defines its default pipeline, it will shadow all of the
| imported libraries' @default attributes.
|
| Thoughts?

I don't really understand. Where does the default come into play?
Whether you import a single pipeline or an entire library, the import
and the call are always separate steps:

  ...
  <p:import href="/some/URI"/>
  ...
  <ex:my-step-from-that-library/>
  ...

What would hcange if the library at /some/URI declared default="default-pipe"?

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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