[DAS2] standardizing 'id' use

Ed Erwin ed_erwin at affymetrix.com
Wed Mar 16 23:49:49 UTC 2005


I like consistency, but ....
If you are looking for an attribute name that always means 'URI', why 
not call it 'uri' ?  Saying that 'id' is always a 'uri' is reaching too 
far, IMO.

As for switching 'id' to 'key' in <PROP> elements, I agree with you.


Andrew Dalke wrote:
> I would like the use of the 'id' attribute to be consistent
> across DAS/2.  In that way there can be a section at the top
> of the document which says "the 'id' attribute is always a URI.
> Relative URIs are resolved ...." instead of documenting it
> for each element.
> 



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