Re: id field

I think I see a concensus developping:

place the id attribute in ITEM element and use it in the traditional way as
a numeric serial number

create a new element called KEY or DESC or whatever and leave it open to be
used in an open-ended way

Does that resolve all concerns?

Bruno


On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 08:31:52PM +0100, Peter Bienstman wrote:
> On Monday 10 November 2003 20:02, David Calinski wrote:
> 
> > Well. Any change of format is a good occasion to think about changes in
> > general. As we break some compatibility, this is an occasion to introduce
> > more changes without breaking it more.
> 
> I see you point. Now that we're defining the XML data format it makes sense to 
> see if people have certain wishes that the core can support.
> 
> > > If having an 'id' element is a problem with reserved keywords in XML,
> > > then just rename it to 'descr' or whatever when exporting the XML.
> >
> > But is anyone use "id" as a description field?
> 
> Oh, I was just using 'descr' as an example. Another option would be to name it 
> 'string_that_might_have_some_use_in_the_future_although_were_not_really_sure_what_to_use_it_for_right_now> 
> ;-)
> 
> Peter
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