[tei-council] model.headerPart query

[Sebastian Rahtz]

Lou Burnard wrote:
> from
>    fileDesc, model.headerPart*, revisionDesc
> to
>    fileDesc, model.headerPart_sequenceOptionalRepeatable
> (having added revisionDesc to the headerPart class)
>   
why Repeatable? why not just Optional? the above means

  a*, b*, c*, d*

while i think you mean

 a?, b?, c? d?

> - means that any new headerPart elements will have to follow the 
> existing ones, so you can't rely on the revisionDesc being the last 
> thing in the header (are we bovvered?)
>
> For the moment, I'm leaving this stone unturned though.
>   
this strikes me as the sort of change which seems
innocuous and obvious, but comes back to bite us
months later. It ought to be the result of more discussion
than a few hours casual email exchange 28 days before
release...

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