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Re: [xsl] question about generate-id()

2010-08-06 06:31:29
On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 09:56:10 +0100
Andrew Welch <andrew(_dot_)j(_dot_)welch(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:

16.6.4
There is no guarantee that a generated unique identifier will be
distinct from any unique IDs specified in the source document.

Yuk. IMHO that's a spec weakness. More constrained, surely
it's not rocket science to implement.

You could do it yourself

Which would IMHO be a kludge to work round a spec weakness.
Yes. Lots of ways to do it as this thread has shown.

If I've followed this thread, the problem is that generate-id() might
clash with some existing id in the source?  Mixing 2 ways of creating
the ids seems odd, and using a single consistent approach should make
the problem go away  Ultimately though, you should be validating the
result -


If implementations did what the casual reader might assume
I wouldn't have to Andrew?

The spec, read today, with xml:id existent, is misleading.





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