[osis-core] Question on: General Defaulting Mechanism

[Todd Tillinghast]

Patrick,

Is there a better name for this attribute?
This is two word element name with an action.  What about something like
<defaultWork>?

Do we allow * for GI?  <defaultWork path="//*@osisID"
prefix="osisWork"/> (This would seem to be equivalent to <osisText
osisWorkID="osisWork">.)

What about for the attribute? <defaultWork path="//w@*"
prefix="osisWork"/>

Do we leave the attributes on <osisText> for now but discourage their
use?

I agree with there ONLY being the two attributes and having this as the
third element child of <header>.

Todd

> 
> Guys,
> 
> Some time ago I started a thread on a general defaulting mechanism.
> 
> Current thinking is that it would go in the header and would have the
form:
> 
> <setDefault path="//GI@AttributeName" prefix="osisWork">
> 
> header currently has <revisionDesc> and <work> in that order.
> 
> This would add <setDefault> as the third element in that list.
> 
> I read the proposed syntax to mean"
> 
> <setDefault : GI for this element
> 
> path="//GI@AttributeName" : note the use of "//" means that attribute
> name anywhere in the document. So, probably most useful for elements
> where having the same work prefix everywhere is acceptable.
> 
> prefix="osisWork"> : means that the prefix is established by the value
> of the osisWork attribute on a work element.
> 
> Note that the users manual will say that use of a prefix will override
> the defaulting provided by this mechanism.
> 
> I don't see any reason to add attributes to this element.
> 
> Comments or questions?
> 
> --
> 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
> 
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> 
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