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Bug 5408 - Section 8.1.3 sml:nilref is non-normative
Summary: Section 8.1.3 sml:nilref is non-normative
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SML
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Core (show other bugs)
Version: FPWD
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: LC
Assignee: Virginia Smith
QA Contact: SML Working Group discussion list
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Keywords: resolved
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Reported: 2008-01-22 23:08 UTC by Virginia Smith
Modified: 2008-02-14 20:00 UTC (History)
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Description Virginia Smith 2008-01-22 23:08:22 UTC 
Section 8.1.3 sml:nilref is non-normative but contains the statement "This attribute MUST NOT be used on an element unless it also has sml:ref="true" specified."  Section 4.1.2, which is normative, does not make any such statement.

Proposal: 

1. Remove sentence from 8.1.3
2. Do NOT add this statement to 4.1.2
Comment 1 Kumar Pandit 2008-02-07 01:42:44 UTC 
+1 for the proposal.
Comment 2 Virginia Smith 2008-02-08 00:10:13 UTC 
Since Bug 5462 has been agreed on, I fixed this bug per the proposal. I believe that was the intent of the WG. The section was changed from:
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9.1.3 sml:nilref

This global attribute is used to identify null SML references. This attribute MUST NOT be used on an element unless it also has sml:ref="true" specified.

<xs:attribute name="nilref" type="xs:boolean"/>

 Any element that has sml:nilref="true" or sml:nilref="1" will be treated as a null SML reference. 
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to:

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9.1.3 sml:nilref

This global attribute is used to identify null SML references.

<xs:attribute name="nilref" type="xs:boolean"/>

Any SML reference that has sml:nilref="true" or sml:nilref="1" will be treated as a null SML reference. 
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Comment 3 Kumar Pandit 2008-02-08 08:01:08 UTC 
+1 for the change.
Comment 4 John Arwe 2008-02-14 01:00:20 UTC 
+1