IRC log of ixml on 2021-05-11

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Meeting: IXML Community Group Teleconference
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Date: 11 May 2021
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Chair: Steven
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Agenda: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ixml/2021May/0000
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Present: Steven, Aleksei, Tomos, John
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Topic: Previous Actions
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ACTION: Steven to research where to put S for attributes.
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ACTION: Michael to comment on conformance section of new draft
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14:04:47 [Steven]
Steven: My action continues
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Steven: Michael's is done
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... on the agenda
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Topic: New draft
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https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ixml/2021Apr/0005
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https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ixml/2021Apr/0034
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https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ixml/2021Apr/0040
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Steven: Do want to discuss?
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... or should I just add to spec
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https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ixml/2021Apr/0005
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https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ixml/2021Apr/0034
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https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ixml/2021Apr/0040
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MIchael: As questions arise please ask.
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ACTION: Steven to apply Michael's text to spec
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Michael: Are people happy with the suggestion of giving a choice about which tree gets returned for ambiguity.
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... I want to do that.
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... I would rather it be conformant
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Steven: Processors may on user option return more than one
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[General agreement]
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John: How about distinguishing when there are several?
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Steven: Already there.
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... attribute
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Tomos: Can we make that optional?
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Michael: it is only an attribute
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Steven: In the ixml namespace
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Tomos: Can we make it optionally switchable?
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Michael: I am uneasy, but if it is a user option...
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Tomos: It isn't required, but implementers can decide to make it option
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Michael: I think I can live with thaty.
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s/thaty/that/
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ACTION: Steven to find wording to make ambiguous attribute optional
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Topic: Namespaces
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https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ixml/2021Apr/0014
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Tomos: I want to support namespaces
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... take the roundtripping.
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... to take XML and turn it into another form.
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Michael: mathml to latex and back?
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Tomos: If you can express it with a grammar then the two abstractions are equivalent.
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Steven: It sounds like we are redesigning ixml
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... adding new requirements
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Tomos: No, I want to plug some gaps.
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Steven: So you would be happy if we could insert strings into the serialisation
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Tomos: Just namespaces would be enoughj
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John: a different example. Can you parse XML?
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Steven: Yes.
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John: THen you can handle namespaces.
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Michael: Let me try and understand the question.
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S/Then/Then/
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Tomos: I would like to accept prefixed names
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Steven: They already are aren't they?
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Tomos: Even if the prefix is available, we can't specify the namespace
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... that's all we need
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... I don't think it's a big change
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Michael: THis is going to be a judgement call of cost:benefit, and if it complicates things. ixml has relative simplicity. If it is low-cost, there are advantages for xml. We need to have proposals on how to do it.
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s/THis/This/
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Micahel: I would rather make a decision once we had a proposal or two
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s/Micah/Micha/
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Tomos: Can we post on the github the grammar
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ven: Isn't it there already?
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s/ven:/Steven:/
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Tomos: I mean a canonical file.
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ACTION: Steven post grammar on github
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14:37:32 [Steven]
Michael: I propose that people take actions to sketch out a proposal
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ACTION: All to propose draft changes for namespace support
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Topic: Requirements:
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https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ixml/2021Apr/0047
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Steven: "Should we explicitely state the requirements for ixml?"
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Tomos: Yes.
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John: Roundtripping requires you keep all the information in the result.
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Steven: Grammar author's responisibility.
14:45:19 [cmsmcq]
Is round-tripping a requirement? Is round-trippability a requirement? John - but when the grammar is used as a kind of query to extract important bits, we often throw information away.
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s/responisibility/responsibility
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John: A double round trip would be idempotent
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MIchael: I'm unsure about formalising the requirements. The discussions are not always useful.
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Steven: Requirements help guide discussions.
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Present+Michael
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ACTION: Steven draft a list of the requirements as they were
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14:54:05 [Steven]
Tomos: I'm in favour of controlling how the XML is produced.
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Michael: Is the requirement "Control over what XML is produced" or "Moderate control"?
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Topic: AOB
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Tomos: I will be happy to take the minutes next time.
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Steven: I will be backup
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Steven: NExt meeting Tues 8 June, 14Z
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s/NE/Ne/
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s/THen/Then/
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