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

Alexander Kandzior alex at opencms.org
Fri Apr 1 05:23:12 CEST 2005


To achive what you want, you can create a nested content definition schema
for the "rule" part, and then have a sequence of this (nested) elements in
the default locale. This works since for nested schemas, the "language" node
is skipped because it's already present in the "top level" schema.
 
You probably need to check the "nested XML content" examples that come with
the "templateone" demo. You will end up with 2 XML schemas, one "top-level"
just being a list of "rule" elements, the other "nested" containing you rule
definition. Again, best check out the nested demos in "templateone" to make
sense of all this. I'm sure you can achive what you want directly without
any core code modification.

Best Regards,
Alex.

Alexander Kandzior
Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts
http://www.alkacon.com <http://www.alkacon.com/> 



 


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From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org
[mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Rhoden
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:43 PM
To: The OpenCms mailing list
Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] (6b1) Xml Content, The point of "unbounded"
elements


I don't believe I know enough about the significance of a default locale and
its impact on the schema driven interface to know if this is a viable
option.  Below is the schema I defined for the 404 redirection tool.  Its
root node is called Rules.  The idea is to have lots of 'Rule' child nodes,
that each organize their unique rule.  If you believe the option you propose
will allow for this, I am happy to figure it out the rest of the way.
However, if after reviewing my schema you believe that what I hope to
accomplish is not possible with the option you propose, please let me know.
I am happy contribute any changes that might make this concept valuable for
others to use.

Thank you,

--Daniel Rhoden

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<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema>  elementFormDefault="qualified">
    
    <xsd:include schemaLocation="opencms://opencms-xmlcontent.xsd"/>    

    <xsd:element name="Rules" type="OpenCmsRules"/>
    
    <xsd:complexType name="OpenCmsRules">
        <xsd:sequence>
            <xsd:element name="Rule" type="OpenCmsRule" minOccurs="0"
maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
        </xsd:sequence>
    </xsd:complexType>

    <xsd:complexType name="OpenCmsRule">
        <xsd:sequence>
            <xsd:element name="RequestedResource" type="OpenCmsVfsFile"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
            <xsd:element name="TargetResource" type="OpenCmsVfsFile"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
            <xsd:element name="Action" type="OpenCmsString" minOccurs="1"
maxOccurs="1" />
            <xsd:element name="BeginAction" type="OpenCmsDateTime"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
            <xsd:element name="EndAction" type="OpenCmsDateTime"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
        </xsd:sequence>
        <xsd:attribute name="language" type="OpenCmsLocale" use="required"/>
    </xsd:complexType>

    <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:appinfo>
            <defaults>
                <default element="Action" value="301|302|FORWARD"/>
                <default element="BeginAction" value="${currenttime}" />
            </defaults>
            <layouts>
                <layout element="Action" widget="SelectorWidget" />
            </layouts>    
        </xsd:appinfo>
    </xsd:annotation>  
</xsd:schema>
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Alexander Kandzior wrote: 

Why don't you use some default locale (e.g. "en") and store your otherwise
locale independent content below that node? We do that for the configuration
of the "templateone" for example.

Best Regards,
Alex.

Alexander Kandzior
Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts
http://www.alkacon.com <http://www.alkacon.com/> 



 


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From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org
[mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Rhoden
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 5:59 PM
To: The OpenCms mailing list
Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] (6b1) Xml Content, The point of "unbounded"
elements


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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[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



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>

...

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Thanks,



--Daniel Rhoden





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