[tei-council] Pure ODDness

[Martin Holmes]

On 13-11-20 08:39 AM, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>
> On 20 Nov 2013, at 16:29, Martin Holmes <mholmes at uvic.ca> wrote:
>
>
>>> c) introduce a model.contentPart element called <pcdata> and say
>>> <content><pcdata></content> (or some better name)
>>>
>>> Preferences? Alternatives?
>>
>> I go for c); it's parallel to RelaxNG and will be easier to understand.
>
> as opposed to being parallel to XSD, and therefor being easier to
> understand for a whole other group of people?

No, two separate things: it's parallel to RelaxNG. Also, it's easier to 
understand. Maybe I find it easier to understand _because_ it's parallel 
to RelaxNG, though.

Cheers,
Martin

>>>
>>> 2. co-existence
>>>
>>> I think we agreed that the old and the new method of defining content
>>> should co-exist at least for the next release. How should that be done?
>>>
>>> a) change the content model of <content> to permit either
>>> model.contentPart  or macro.schemaPattern
>>> b) change macro.schemaPattern to permit either model.contentPart or
>>> macro.anyXML
>>> c) define a new element (howabout <model>) containing model.contentPart
>>> ; allow both that and current <content> initially, then deprecate <content>
>>
>> c) seems cleaner to me.
>
> i’d put in an extra small plea for a)/b) on the grounds that this is already
> implemented and tested….
>
> Sebastian.
>

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Martin Holmes
University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre
(mholmes at uvic.ca)