Joe
Correct that circular references are
a schema definition error but the specification doesn't say that explicitly.
I will add it to the (newly created) list of errata
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From:
Joe Futrelle <futrelle@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
To:
Alan Powell/UK/IBM@IBMGB
Cc:
"Robert E. McGrath"
<remcgrat@illinois.edu>
Date:
11/02/2011 17:42
Subject:
question for
the working group
Section 7.2.1 describes how a dfdl:defineFormat can
include a ref on its enclosed dfdl:format, to establish inheritance among
defined formats.
It is therefore possible to express circular inheritance patterns:
<dfdl:defineFormat name="deadly">
<dfdl:format ref="embrace" ... />
</dfdl:defineFormat>
<dfdl:defineFormat name="embrace">
<dfdl:format ref="deadly" .../>
</dfdl:defineFormat>
I assume circular inheritance ought to be schema definition error; does
the spec say that, anywhere?
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Joe Futrelle
Cyberenvironments and Technologies
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
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