xml:id [was: XProc Minutes 21 April 2011]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-xml-processing-model-wg-request@w3.org
[mailto:public-xml-
> processing-model-wg-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Norman Walsh
> Sent: Sunday, 2011 May 01 14:15
> To: public-xml-processing-model-wg@w3.org
> Subject: XProc Minutes 21 April 2011


>    Paul wonders if we could do better about attributes named "xml:id"
>    and "id"

I looked into this, and xml:id really doesn't help us.

In fact, section 8 Extensibility says:

 This specification is not extensible. There are no provisions for
 application designers to alter the name of the xml:id attribute,
 the set of attribute values that are considered IDs, the location(s)
 where they can occur, or make any other extensions.

So the xml:id spec is really about xml:id only.  What it says about
xml:id attributes would be nice to be able to say about attributes
named id, but as it stands, the xml:id spec doesn't give us that
leeway.

paul

Received on Monday, 2 May 2011 14:41:19 UTC