Re: Fw: [XForms 1.1] Inserting into an empty element (section 9.3.5 processing (PR#172)

Hi John,
Yes, it was an omission of the spec, and insertion into an empty node was
intended.

The latest editor's draft available from the Forms WG home page contains a
correction.  Please see the diff-marked version.  Also, please note that step 6
received other modifications due to addressing other last call comments, so the
fix needed to address your specific issue is at the end of step 6c.  Please let
us know if you have any further concerns about this issue.

Thanks,
John Boyer

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> As I read the latest working draft of the XForms specification[0], I am
> unsure what will happen at processing rule 6.a if the cloned node is not
> an attribute and the `insert location node` does not have any children.
> In this case, "the target location is before the first child of the
> insert location node", but that is not well-defined if there is no such
> first child.  I think it would be a significant gap in the specification
> if the eventual language would not allow a node to be inserted into an
> empty element.
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> Is there any chance that this could be clarified (hopefully in favor of
> being able to insert a node into an element with no children)?
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> [0] http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xforms11-20070222/#action-insert
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> As I read the latest working draft of the XForms specification[0], I am<br>
> unsure what will happen at processing rule 6.a if the cloned node is not<br>
> an attribute and the `insert location node` does not have any children.<br>
> In this case, "the target location is before the first child of the<br>
> insert location node", but that is not well-defined if there is no
> such<br>
> first child.  I think it would be a significant gap in the
> specification<br>
> if the eventual language would not allow a node to be inserted into an<br>
> empty element.<br>
> <br>
> Is there any chance that this could be clarified (hopefully in favor of<br>
> being able to insert a node into an element with no children)?<br>
> <br>
> [0] </font></tt><a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xforms11-20070222/#action-insert"><tt><font
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