Tim - can you clarify the last sentence please - is the terminating markup that of the preceding peer element, or the enclosing parent?

Regards

Steve Hanson
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OGF DFDL WG Co-Chair,
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From:	Tim Kimber/UK/IBM@IBMGB
To:	dfdl-wg@ogf.org
Date:	03/02/2010 17:47
Subject:	Re: [DFDL-WG] Rules for resolving ambiguity in the in-scope terminating markup
Sent by:	dfdl-wg-bounces@ogf.org

These rules seem to work:
a) separators and terminators are collectively called 'terminating markup'.
b) initiators are not 'terminating markup'
c) when two items of in-scope terminating markup have a common prefix, the parser must give precedence to the longest item.
d) when two items of in-scope terminating markup have exactly the same value, the parser must give precedence to the innermost ( most deeply nested ) item.
e) when the separator and terminator on a group have exactly the same value, the parser must give precedence to the separator.

If an initiated component can occur at the same point as an item of terminating markup, the initiator takes precedence.

regards,

Tim Kimber, Common Transformation Team,
Hursley, UK
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