Re: removal of the notion of a homogeneous collection from XForms 1.1 WD (PR#3) from Steven Pemberton on 2007-04-11 (www-forms-editor@w3.org from April 2007)

From: Steven Pemberton <xforms-issues@mn.aptest.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:34:52 +0200
To: joern.turner@dreamlab.net
Cc: www-forms-editor@w3.org
Message-ID: <200704112033.l3BKXdnb002336@htmlwg.mn.aptest.com>

> During February 28, 2007 telecon the usefulness of the notion of a
> homogeneous collection was discussed. Members agreed to remove this
> notion from XForms 1.1 WD completely cause:
> - it's confusing to users
> - the definition of continuity of elements is weak as John pointed out
> (existence of text nodes in between elements)
> - it is not considered a performance issue by implementors
> - it constrains form authors in certain use cases

Joern,

Thanks for your comment. At the Forms WG meeting today the WG agreed with  
your
suggestion, and will adopt it.

Many thanks.

Steven Pemberton
For the Forms WG

Received on Thursday, 12 April 2007 12:39:29 UTC