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– DRAFT –
XForms Group Weekly Teleconference

11 October 2024

Attendees

Present
Alain, Erik, Steven
Regrets
-
Chair
Steven
Scribe
Steven

Meeting minutes

ACTION: Steven spec text for 'initial' MIP

https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xformsusers/2024Oct/0006

Steven: I have made the change, and will add it to the spec if it is OK

Erik: I still want more

Steven: My mistake, it should read *initial* model item properties
… I'll fix that and add it to the spec.

ACTION: Erik to report evaluating vars in model

https://www.w3.org/2024/10/04-forms-minutes.html#6c49

Steven: I think we can add it to the model, and recalculate it during recalculate

<ebruchez> <var name="foo" value="..."/>

<ebruchez> <bind ref="$foo">"

Erik: We allow this in our implementation

<ebruchez> <var name="foo" value="instance('foo')"/>

<ebruchez> bind()

<ebruchez> <var name="bar" value="2"/>

<ebruchez> <bind ref="elem[$bar]">"

Steven: What is the problem with recalculating during a recalculate?

Erik: rebuild comes first, and may use variables, so the variables need to be updated before rebuild

Steven: So a rebuild needs to update the vars and then rebuild, and a recalculate also has to update the vars

Erik: Yes, for instance if the vars use the bind() function

Steven: So you still have the action item

Alain: can you access the model vars in the body?

Erik: Yes, I think so

Erik: The disadvantage comes when you have two models with the same var name

Alain: Maybe a function for model vars?

Erik: A possibility
… a var() function
… or an export facility for vars in the model

Steven: <var visible="true" value="..."/>

AOB

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