[DFDL-WG] output value calc

Wed Jun 24 03:09:19 CDT 2009

Mike

We originally decided that lengthUnit=characters wasn't allowed on 
sequence and choice because of complications with encodings etc. Then when 
we removed lengthKind from sequence and choice it moved up to the complex 
element. 
Remember that this is only to support the box use case and it seems 
unlikely you would specify the size of the box in characters.

Alan Powell

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From:
Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl at gmail.com>
To:
Alan Powell/UK/IBM at IBMGB
Cc:
dfdl-wg at ogf.org
Date:
23/06/2009 19:07
Subject:
Re: [DFDL-WG] output value calc

I've viewed your comments and will incorporate them and resubmit.

One question is about complex types and text representation. 

You mentioned we don't allow lengthKind="characters" on complex types. 
Seems to me if representation="text" it is quite likely that everything is 
given in lengthUnits="characters".

I'm not sure why not, though I have vague recollection of this restriction 
being discussed. Can you remind me?

...mike

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Alan Powell <alan_powell at uk.ibm.com> 
wrote:

Mike 

Comments from our review in attached doc 

Alan Powell

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Notes Id: Alan Powell/UK/IBM     email: alan_powell at uk.ibm.com  
Tel: +44 (0)1962 815073                  Fax: +44 (0)1962 816898

From: 
Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl at gmail.com> 
To: 
dfdl-wg at ogf.org 
Date: 
19/06/2009 04:13 
Subject: 
[DFDL-WG] output value calc

New draft of output value calc stuff. based on prior review (last week) 
which simplified and clarified things somewhat. 

Examples are a simple and a complex type, with the same context - fits in 
a box that is rounded up in size to next multiple of 4 bytes.

There's some material in here also about bit strings and use of 
dfdl:length measured in bits. This was to cover truncation fully. It is 
not a comprehensive treatment of bit fields though. 

All mention of variables and/or parameters is gone.

See what you think.

....mike

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