RE: need clarification on illegal item repeat attribute values

Jim,

You are correct on all points.

"-n" is illegal be can instead be represented as "0-n".

"-" is also illegal.  I'm not sure what it means but suspect
it can be represented as "0-" (aka Kleene star).

--Andrew Hunt
  Co-editor SRGS
  SpeechWorks

> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-voice-request@w3.org [mailto:www-voice-request@w3.org]On
> Behalf Of Jim Van Sciver
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:39 AM
> To: www-voice@w3.org
> Subject: need clarification on illegal item repeat attribute values
> 
> 
> In section 2.5 "Repeats" of the most recent version of the
> "Speech Recognition Grammar Specification...." specifies
> the following legal values for the item tag's repeat attribute:
>     repeat="n"
>     repeat="m-n"
>     repeat="m-"
>     repeat="0-1"
> 
> where m and n are non-negative digit strings.
> 
> I believe the repeat attribute values repeat="-n" and repeat="-"
> are illegal.  Is this belief correct?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Jim Van Sciver
>