[DFDL-WG] Errata 2.11 Question

[Steve Hanson]

Hi Mike

We had one property that started out as single DFDL String Literal, but 
through an errata became a List of DFDL String Literals (I believe it was 
dfdl:textStandardDecimalSeparator).  If we do not enforce the rule for 
single DFDL String Literal properties, it precludes them ever becoming a 
list in the future.

Regards

Steve Hanson
Architect, Data Format Description Language (DFDL)
Co-Chair, OGF DFDL Working Group
IBM SWG, Hursley, UK
smh at uk.ibm.com
tel:+44-1962-815848



From:   Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl at gmail.com>
To:     dfdl-wg at ogf.org, 
Date:   10/01/2013 22:00
Subject:        [DFDL-WG] Errata 2.11 Question
Sent by:        dfdl-wg-bounces at ogf.org



This issue came up in Daffodil test.

Errata 2.11 Says:  Section 6.3. Clarify that literal white space is only 
ever used as list token separator, and
that entities must be used if literal white space is needed as part of the 
property value.

Question: does this apply to all string literals, or only those that are 
lists; and hence cannot use whitespace.

Can one write escapeBlockStart="[ START ]" or do I have to write 
escapeBlockStart="[%SP;START%SP;]"

I understand the requirement is needed for the lists, but we could choose 
to enforce it for all string literals if we want.

...mikeb


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