[tei-council] <date>, <distance>, and <measure>

[Lou Burnard]

The specification says that an attList can contain any combination of 
attRef, attDef, or attList, and that its org attribute determines 
whether its children are to be regarded as forming a group or an 
alternation. So I cannot for the life of me see what you might want that 
the spec doesn't support.
If the current ODD processor doesn't support it, then it's a bug, and 
should be documented.

HOWEVER, before we get all excited about using this wonderful facility, 
I'd like to record my profound skepticism about the wisdom of allowing 
@dur as an attribute on <measure> at all.


Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> Syd Bauman wrote:
>>> 2. As it happens, yes we do have a way of representing a choice of
>>> attributes in ODD. See
>>> http://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/html/ref-attList.html.
>>> There is a (not very good) example at 27.3.3.3 and we use it on eg
>>> <gloss> and <relation>
>>>     
>>
>> Right, but IIRC Sebastian has pointed out that this mechanism can
>> only be used to alternate two attributes, not one attribute with a
>> group of others or two groups. I am not sure whether this restriction
>> existed only back then, exists currently, or will in perpetuity.
>>   
> If you believe the attList specification allows what
> you need, then I should implement it.  I'm willing
> to have a try, if its needed.
>
> On the other hand, restrictions like this are
> good candidates for Schematron, as you say.
>