Re: [xri] talking about types

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Eran Hammer-Lahav <>
Date
2009-09-01T23:27:40+00:00
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Re: [xri] talking about types
Title: Re: [xri] talking about types

Contains works.

EHL

On 9/1/09 4:19 PM, "Will Norris" <> wrote:

On Sep 1, 2009, at 4:09 PM, Will Norris wrote:

> There are a number of places where the text talks about the value 

> type of a particular element.  For example:

>

>> <Subject> is a xs:anyURI value which identifies a resource.

>

> Now technically, <Subject> is NOT of type "xs:anyURI", it's of type 

> "xrd:anyURI" (note the different namespace).  xrd:anyURI is a very 

> lightweight extension of xs:anyURI which allows for arbitrary 

> attributes.  So while it is inaccurate to say that the <Subject> 

> element is of type "xs:anyURI", it would not necessarily be 

> inaccurate to say that the text content of the <Subject> element is 

> of type xs:anyURI.

>

> Do folks think that the above sentence should be updated to reflect 

> this, or am I just splitting hairs?  If it should be changed, should 

> it be changed to declare a type of xrd:anyURI?  Or rather should it 

> stick with xs:anyURI and just be more specific that the **value** of 

> the element has that type?

Just thinking that one way to reword the above sentence would be to 

replace "is" with "contains":

> <Subject> contains a xs:anyURI value which identifies a resource.

That implies that the type applies to the text content of the 

element.  eh?

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