[DFDL-WG] Fw: DFDL: Default dfdl:format annotation

[Steve Hanson]

As discussed on the WG call, it is clearer if the use of dfdl:defineXXXX 
is associated with a named re-usable annotation, and that a 'normal' 
unnamed DFDL annotation puts properties into use. With that in mind, when 
dfdl:format is used directly as an annotation on the xs:schema, it is 
putting properties into use. I therefore withdraw the proposal below.

Regards

Steve Hanson
Programming Model Architect, WebSphere Message  Brokers,
OGF DFDL WG Co-Chair,
Hursley, UK,
Internet: smh at uk.ibm.com,
Phone (+44)/(0) 1962-815848
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From:
Steve Hanson/UK/IBM
To:
dfdl-wg at ogf.org
Date:
11/11/2009 11:15
Subject:
DFDL: Default dfdl:format annotation


Alan and I were discussing this on Friday.  We think that the 'default' 
dfdl:format would be better off contained within a dfdl:defineFormat 
annotation with no name, zero or one of which may exist in any given xsd. 
We think it makes things easier to document, specifically that dfdl:format 
now only appears in one place - as a child of dfdl:defineFormat, and that 
the term 'unnamed dfdl:defineFormat annotation' may be used to describe 
this annotation unambiguously.

<dfdl:defineFormat>
        <dfdl:format ........ />
</dfdl:defineFormat>

I'd like to add this to the first agenda item for today's call.

Regards

Steve Hanson
Programming Model Architect, WebSphere Message  Brokers,
OGF DFDL WG Co-Chair,
Hursley, UK,
Internet: smh at uk.ibm.com,
Phone (+44)/(0) 1962-815848





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