Jeff W. Boote wrote:
Computers don't care if this is 'Next' or 'ConnectedTo'.
I think the issue ad hand is unfortunately a bit more complex. The question at hand is basically how to describe the following (with apologies with my poor ASCII art skills) port A link X port B link Y port C O------------------>O------------------>O Roman described this as: Port A relation=next/connectTo port B Port B relation=next/connectTo port C In the NML schema it is currently defined as: link X relation=source port A relation=sink port B link Y relation=source port B relation=sink port C Previous year I noticed some reluctance in describing both Ports and Links in examples, and asked if there was need to simplify as follows: link X relation=serialcompound link Y (After which the discussion ended in "that's a might ugly word `serialcompound' there, that's how G.800 defined it and I wasn't creative enough to come up with something better".) At this moment, neither "serialcompound" nor "connectTo" are valid NML constructs. What I'm saying is that I would regret seeing all three options as "valid". The current source/sink think is most flexible, but I'm happy to consider alternatives. Please discuss. Regards, Freek