[dsdl-comment] Re: Are these two NVDL documents equivalent? (one usesa mode, the other doesn't use a mode)

2008/5/12 George Cristian Bina <george@oxygenxml.com>:
> > It does make me wonder what purpose the startMode attribute serves?
> > If it is *not* the 'first' (in document order), then why is it there?
> >
>
> Modes in NVDL are similar with modes in XSLT. They provides a different set
> of rules that apply when a mode is selected. In the above sample the mode
> has no relevance, thus the equivalence between the two examples Roger
> posted.

OK, I can see that now.

> If you have multiple modes then one needs to be selected as the
> initial mode (the first section will be processed against) and the startMode
> makes that selection.

Which, for the example, was of no importance; "Just give me somewhere to start"
(Equivalent in XSLT 2 where I have no input document and need to specify a
named template from which to start?)

Is there any case where the startMode attribute serves a useful purpose then?
(from the authors viewpoint)?

regards

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