- From: Martin Gudgin <mgudgin@microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 15:49:04 -0700
- To: "Jacek Kopecky" <jacek@systinet.com>, "XMLP Dist App" <xml-dist-app@w3.org>
+1 Gudge > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacek Kopecky [mailto:jacek@systinet.com] > Sent: 09 October 2002 20:48 > To: XMLP Dist App > Subject: Issue 364 proposal > > > > Hi all, 8-) > > In issue 364 [1] the commentator is concerned that making > enc:id and enc:ref attributes mutually exclusive in > appearance on a single element information item unnecessarily > limits the object graph data model. > > The attributes are only a way of representing graph edges in > the XML data. Both attributes are defined in the Encoding > section and they don't carry any information directly > represented in the graph model. Therefore Encoding attributes > id and ref being mutually exclusive does not limit the data > model, rather it reflects the data model. Looking from this > perspective, the issue is invalid. > > The issue might be rephrased to say that the data model > should allow a reference to a reference (possibly by making a > reference a first-class value), allowing the so called > pointer chains. My proposal is that we close the issue with > the status quo because I don't see references to references > as a necessary part of the data model. > > Best regards > > Jacek Kopecky > > Senior Architect, Systinet Corporation > http://www.systinet.com/ > > > > > [1] http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/xmlp-lc-issues.html#x364 > > > >
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