[opencms-dev] (6b1) Xml Content, The point of "unbounded" elements

[Daniel Rhoden]

If I understand you correctly, the maxOccurs is set to 'unbounded' 
because you can have as many of those nodes as languages.  That makes 
sense and definitely has enormous power.  However, I think that 
XML/Structured content would be so much more powerful if it were not 
assumed to have a single application (local specific content).  Let me 
explain.

The idea of defining a schema driven interface would be very powerful 
for the management of configuration files.  Because configuration files 
would only be used internally, it doesn't matter what local it belongs 
to.  Here is an example application.  I am writing a custom 404 error 
page that, depending on the settings/entries in the configuration file, 
will redirect (301 or 302) or forward the user to another resource based 
upon the requested resource.  This would be used to preserve page rank 
during a site's restructuring (and other purposes).  I think there are 
so many other ways that a schema driven interface could be used if it 
were not limited to a single application of local-specific data.

With this example in mind, do you see a way that this feature can be 
added to the interface without hurting the requirements of 
local-specific data management?

Thank you very much for your time and thought,

--Daniel Rhoden

Alexander Kandzior wrote:

>If you create a sibling of an XML{page|content} file in a different locale
>folder, the editor will automatically give you the option to edit this
>folders language version. You need to attach the "locale" property with the
>different locale to  the folder of the sibling. 
>
>Best Regards,
>Alex.
>
>Alexander Kandzior
>Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts
>http://www.alkacon.com
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org 
>>[mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Rhoden
>>Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:22 AM
>>To: The OpenCms mailing list
>>Subject: [opencms-dev] (6b1) Xml Content, The point of 
>>"unbounded" elements
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>>Why is it that all the examples of xml content schema have 
>>the maxOccurs attribute of the first child element set to 
>>"unbounded" when there is no way in the form editor to 
>>actually create and edit another sibling?
>>
>>Will the form editor eventually have the ability to easily 
>>manage multiple child elements?
>>
>>/xmlcontent/article.xsd
>>-----------
>>...
>>    <xsd:complexType name="OpenCmsArticles">
>>        <xsd:sequence>
>>            <xsd:element name="Article" type="OpenCmsArticle" 
>>minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
>>        </xsd:sequence>
>>    </xsd:complexType>
>>...
>>-----------
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>--Daniel Rhoden
>>
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