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

Hi Dave,

NVDL does not allow a default mode and named modes in the same time (as
in the case of XSLT). If you do not specify a startMode then you cannot
have a mode inside rules, you just specify the namespace rules. If you
have a startMode then you specify modes with names inside rules and the
startMode selects the inital mode.

Best Regards,
George

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Dave Pawson wrote:
> 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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