RE: Minor comments on the spec

From
Michael Fitzgerald <>
Date
2001-07-18T23:14:15+00:00
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RE: Minor comments on the spec
Yes. I have see things like 'direct child' and 'first immediate child' in
some specs and it gets a bit 'unnormative'! %^}
I like 'child' if order is not an issue, or if order is absolutely
necessary, something like '[first|second|etc] child'. Direct is not direct
enough. -Mike

>> 7)
>>
>> In 4.18, I would like to insert "directly" between "that" and "has a
>> notAllowed child element" and
>I don't agree with that.  I think it's confusing to use "direct" with
>"child" in some places and not in others.  Readers will wonder how a
>"direct child" is different from a "child".
>
>James