Are leadingSkip always byte aligned, or are they N * 8 bits added on.

Similarly trailingSkip

E.g.,

<element name="x" type="xs:int" dfdl:lengthKind="explicit" dfdl:length="1" dfdl:lengthUnits="bits"

dfdl:trailingSkip="10" dfdl:alignmentUnits="bytes" dfdl:alignment="1"/>

So, after this element am I at bit 81 or bit 88?

In other words, does the trailingSkip region get aligned per size of alignment unit, or does alignment really only happen at the beginning of an element.

Mike Beckerle | OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | Tresys Technology | www.tresys.com

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