[osis-core] whitespace (again)

[Patrick Durusau]

Guys,

Hate to even go here but Todd suggested making the value of xml:space as 
  "default" on osisTextCT.

Did not consult the spec (mis-read a book I paid for instead) and said 
it would have to be preserve.

Spec reports:

> The value "default" signals that applications' default white-space processing modes are acceptable for this element; the value "preserve" indicates the intent that applications preserve all the white space. This declared intent is considered to apply to all elements within the content of the element where it is specified, unless overriden with another instance of the xml:space attribute.
> 
> The root element of any document is considered to have signaled no intentions as regards application space handling, unless it provides a value for this attribute or the attribute is declared with a default value.

So, we can go with:

<attribute xml:space value="default"> in the schema, and that means that 
if you don't say anything at osisTextCT, the application can do what it 
likes.

On the other hand, if you put in the document,

<attribute xml:space value="preserve"> in osisTextCT, then any 
application should honor that request (Todd's probably won't ;-) but 
that is another story).

Is there a need to vary preservation of whitespace at the element level?

I don't see it as costing us anything and some people will probably want it.

How says anyone interested in the issue? (We need to wait for Todd to 
get back online sometime Monday to have a say as well.)

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Patrick


-- 
Patrick Durusau
Director of Research and Development
Society of Biblical Literature
Patrick.Durusau@sbl-site.org
Chair, V1 - Text Processing: Office and Publishing Systems Interface
Co-Editor, ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model

Topic Maps: Human, not artificial, intelligence at work!