[Nml-wg] Example topology of Automated GOLE
Freek Dijkstra
Freek.Dijkstra at sara.nl
Thu Feb 16 10:33:48 EST 2012
Jeff W. Boote wrote:
> Computers don't care if this is 'Next' or 'ConnectedTo'.
I think the issue ad hand is unfortunately a bit more complex.
The question at hand is basically how to describe the following (with
apologies with my poor ASCII art skills)
port A link X port B link Y port C
O------------------>O------------------>O
Roman described this as:
Port A
relation=next/connectTo
port B
Port B
relation=next/connectTo
port C
In the NML schema it is currently defined as:
link X
relation=source
port A
relation=sink
port B
link Y
relation=source
port B
relation=sink
port C
Previous year I noticed some reluctance in describing both Ports and
Links in examples, and asked if there was need to simplify as follows:
link X
relation=serialcompound
link Y
(After which the discussion ended in "that's a might ugly word
`serialcompound' there, that's how G.800 defined it and I wasn't
creative enough to come up with something better".)
At this moment, neither "serialcompound" nor "connectTo" are valid NML
constructs.
What I'm saying is that I would regret seeing all three options as "valid".
The current source/sink think is most flexible, but I'm happy to
consider alternatives. Please discuss.
Regards,
Freek
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