[dsdl-discuss] [Fwd: Re: Namespace Routing Language]

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James,

Since I cannot post to the mailing list from my office, please forward
this mail.

Cheers,

Makoto
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First, I would prpose to replace

        In the opinion of the author

by

        In the opinion of the present author and the project
        editor (MURATA) of DSDL Part 4,

Second, I think that the option "element root" deserves to be
explicitly mentioned.

> > - The "ELEMENT ROOT" option
> >
> > Note: SC34 agreed to DROP the option "dummy". However, another option,
> > which keeps the ROOT of element sections, was agreed on. I think that
> > this mechanism is useful and free from the problems of "dummy".
>
> This is trivial syntactic sugar for <attach useMode="#allow"/> (assuming
> you keep the root element's attributes). Not worth calling out
> explicitly in my view.

My reasons are as below:

1) At present, subschemas have to use subtree-wildcards, when they
   want to specify place holders in their schemas. However, this
   option allows schema authors to use element-wildcards, instead.

2) The RELAX NG DTD compatibility spec makes it hard to use
   subtree-wildcards.

Cheers,

Makoto

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