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class=641134014-13082007>Thanks for this update, and sorry I wasn't
there.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=641134014-13082007>In conjunction with the annotated document these notes
are clear, except for 'sp165'. Perhaps someone will recapitulate the discussion
briefly at Wednesday's conference. I think only three annotations
remain:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=641134014-13082007> sp167 Absent and missing (expanded
discussion on the wiki already)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=641134014-13082007> sp172
separatorType="infix"</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=641134014-13082007> sp173 defaultWhenMissing (expanded
discussion on the wiki already)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=641134014-13082007>I've added another contribution to the wiki discussion
on 'require'.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=641134014-13082007>The 'length and occurs' proposal is an improvement,
though I still have reservations to discuss; likewise the 'opaque data'
proposal.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=641134014-13082007>Regards,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2> Simon</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> dfdl-wg-bounces@ogf.org
[mailto:dfdl-wg-bounces@ogf.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mike
Beckerle<BR><B>Sent:</B> 08 August 2007 18:00<BR><B>To:</B>
dfdl-wg@ogf.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [DFDL-WG] Minutes from 2007-08-08
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<DIV></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>MikeB, Geoff Judd, Alan Powell
attended.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Continued through SP's
comments.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>sp37 - got it.</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>sp45 - agree. This whole part to be
rewritten.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>sp115 - ok. strict and
"lax" as enums. No built-in default - we never use defaults in the processor
itself. Only in the predefined formats.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>sp118 - ok</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>sp123 - Proposal
to simplify length, lengthKind, lengthUnits, and also occursKind, occursPath,
occursPathUnits needed. (along the lines of byteCount, itemCount,
length='delimited' enum, etc.)</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>sp154 - Need specific proposal to eliminate hexBinary and use what for
opaque (consider also string with encoding='bytes'. ) Or introduce a
dfdl:byteString type or dfdl:opaque type. (derived type - just a standard
name).</FONT> <BR><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>sp158 - see
sp123</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>sp165 - needed to have
composition property for enclosing groups and or end-of-data. Regexp doesn't
fix this. </FONT><BR><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Mike
Beckerle<BR>STSM, Architect, Scalable Computing<BR>IBM Software
Group<BR>Information Platform and Solutions<BR>Westborough, MA
01581<BR>direct: voice and FAX 508-599-7148<BR>assistant: Pam Riordan
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