Are you saying that we allow this:
## glip glop glorp
but not this:
namespace a = "http://relaxng.org/ns/compatibility/annotations/1.0"
[ a:documentation [ "glip, glop, glorp" ]]
??
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Cowan [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:30 AM
> To:
> Subject: [relax-ng] Proposal: remove annotations from the compact syntax
>
>
> Despite all of James's hard work on getting the compact-syntax annotations
> to work correctly and not be too ugly, I think they should go.
>
> *) They make the definition of conformance double-jointed.
> Instead of just
> saying that compact-syntax schemas should work just like equivalent
> XML-syntax schemas, we are stuck with saying that annotations should
> be *converted* correctly, since the effect of either kind of annotation
> on a strictly conforming RNG processor is nil.
>
> *) They are no substitute for coming up with a proper compact syntax for
> RNG variants like RelaxNGCC or ooRELAXNG (I hope I have the caps in
> the right places). What users will want is an integrated syntax for
> such extensions, not just an all-purpose kludge whose semantics may
> in certain cases be incorrect.
>
> *) They make the BNF definition of the compact syntax much harder to read,
> since they are basically clutter but have to be handled separately in
> almost every location.
>
> *) They make the formal definition in the Appendix much more complicated
> and likely to contain bugs.
>
> *) They are still ugly. :-)
>
> None of this is an argument against translating the ## comments into
> a:documentation elements, which is a Good Thing and should stay.
>
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