[closed] Re: p:pipeline and p:declare-step

Good catch, Mohamed. Fixed.

> In the spec the prose says :
>
> [[
> All p:pipeline pipelines have an implicit *primary input
> port<http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/docs/langspec.html#dt-primary-input-port>
> * named "source" and an implicit *primary output
> port<http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/docs/langspec.html#dt-primary-output-port>
> * named "result". Any input or output ports that the p:pipeline declares
> explicitly are *in addition* to those ports and may not be declared primary.
> ]]
> Nothing is said about parameters input port
>
> Few lines below you can read
> [[
>
> If a pipeline does not have a type then that pipeline cannot be invoked as a
> step.
>
> The p:pipeline element is just a simplified form of step declaration. A
> document that reads:
>
> <p:pipeline *some-attributes*>
>   *some-content*
> </p:pipeline>
>
> can be interpreted as if it read:
>
> <p:declare-step *some-attributes*>
>   <p:input port='source' primary='true'/>
>   <p:input port='parameters' kind='parameters' primary='true'/>
>   <p:output port='result' primary='true'>
>
>   *some-content*
> </p:declare-step>
>
> ]]
>
> It would be good to synchronize the prose and the example
> And it would also be good to fix the sample by adding a slash at the end of
> p:output
>
> Mohamed

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