[tei-council] Wot is wrong with my ODD?

[Martin Holmes]

Hi Sebastian,

On 14-06-07 09:50 AM, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>
> On 6 Jun 2014, at 23:18, Martin Holmes <mholmes at uvic.ca> wrote:
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>> I'm trying to create a content model for <seg> using the new TEI ODD
>> elements. I want to allow any of a small number of elements, with text
>> mixed in, or just text.
>
> i am not convinced that what you want is legal in XML

I must have explained it wrong. It's a mixed-content element with any of 
a set of subelements and/or text in between them. Surely that's what 
tei:p is?

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>> I have this:
>>
>> <elementSpec ident="seg" mode="change">
>>    <content>
>>      <alternate allowText="true">
>>        <macroRef key="data.text"/>
>>        <sequence allowText="true" preserveOrder="false" minOccurs="0">
>>          <elementRef key="orgName" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
>>          <elementRef key="persName" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
>>          <elementRef key="choice" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
>>          <elementRef key="seg" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
>>          <elementRef key="trait" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
>>        </sequence>
>>      </alternate>
>>    </content>
>> </elementSpec>
>>
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> you can’t have a content model in which the elements occur in a fixed order, with optional spaces
> between. not as I understand XML.

I don't want them in a fixed order. I said @preserveOrder="false" -- 
isn't that what @preserveOrder is for?

> you also can’t have a choice between “text” or “text with elements”. doesn’t make sense.

No, I agree. I want mixed content which may or may not include text or 
any of the elements, just like tei:p.

> are you trying to constrain the order of elements or not?

No. As it says, @preserveOrder="false". It could be that I'm completely 
misunderstanding what @preserveOrder is for, though.

Cheers,
Martin
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> Sebastian Rahtz
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