Re: XForms 1.1 spec - section 11.1 - targetref - minor clarifications needed

Hi Vlad,

The behaviors for the cases you mention are covered clearly in Section 
11.10 on Replacing Data with the Submission Response (
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/specs/XForms1.1/index-all.html#submit-data-replacement
).

I believe the mixup is that you are reading the attribute summary only.

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John M. Boyer, Ph.D.
STSM, Interactive Documents and Web 2.0 Applications
Chair, W3C Forms Working Group
Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software
IBM Victoria Software Lab
E-Mail: boyerj@ca.ibm.com 

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From:
Vlad Trakhtenberg/CanWest/IBM
To:
www-forms@w3.org, www-forms-editor@w3.org
Cc:
John Boyer/CanWest/IBM@IBMCA
Date:
06/03/2009 10:58 AM
Subject:
XForms 1.1 spec - section 11.1 - targetref - minor clarifications needed


Dear Editor/WG,

I think some clarifications are needed in description of the targetref 
attribute in section 11.

1. What should happen if the targetref resolves to an empty nodeset? (And 
specifically, with respect to instance attribute presence :).

2. What should happen if targetref points to a 'wrong' instance (given by 
the instance attribute)?

Ignoring instance attribute if targetref if present (and resolves to an 
non-empty nodeset?) or even its deprecation seems like a reasonable 
outcome.

Thanks,

Vlad Trakhtenberg,
IBM, Victoria Software Lab