RE: Wildcard in the <value> element

Hi Steven,

Thanks for your answer.  See below.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Pemberton [mailto:steven.pemberton@cwi.nl] 
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:36
> To: Alessandro Triglia; [Public XForms]
> Subject: Re: Wildcard in the <value> element
> 
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:36:36 +0200, Alessandro Triglia 
> <sandro@mclink.it>  
> wrote:
> 
> > I am looking at the XForms schema at  
> > http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/2002/XForms-Schema.xsd.   It 
> is unclear  
> > to me why the <value> element supports mixed content (as 
> opposed to  
> > simple content).
> >
> > The <value> element can only occur within an <item> or an 
> <itemset>.  No?
> >
> >> From the paragraphs beginning with "Data Binding 
> Restrictions: any  
> >> simpleContent" (in Select and Select1), I infer that, when 
> a <value>  
> >> occurs within an <item>, it must be a simple type.  Am I wrong?
> >
> > As for <itemset>, it is unclear to me how <value> can be 
> used within an  
> > <itemset>, given that a <value> would provide a single 
> value and not a  
> > nodeset.   The specification of the <itemset> element 
> describes the use  
> > of the <copy> element but not the use of the <value> element.
> >
> > So my question is, in what cases (if any) would a <value> element  
> > contain a child element?
> 
> Hello Allessandro,
> 
> I have to admit that I had to rack my brains to find an 
> answer too. It was  
> obvious once pointed out: creating a constructed value using <output>.
> 
> 		<value>there were <output ref="n"/> <output 
> ref="colour"/>  
> bottles</value>


It is still not really obvious to me.  

The text (8.2.3) does not specify this usage, so even if I put an <output>
element in the content of a <value> element, there is nothing that says how
an implementation should handle it.  

Also, apparently the <value> element only occurs within an <item> or
<itemset> element.  If I put a form control (output) in the content of a
<value> element within an <item> element, does this mean that the output
form control must be rendered?  I am not saying yes or no, but I think that
such a usage, if really allowed, should have been explicitly specified in
8.2.3, but it's not.

Am I missing something?

By the way, I started looking at XForms for the first time a couple of weeks
ago, and I find it beautiful.  Great job, guys!

Alessandro


> 
> Steven
>

Received on Thursday, 27 July 2006 17:34:51 UTC