Re: [xml] XInclude question

[gmxml saplings us]

Daniel Veillard wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 06:03:28PM -0400, gmxml saplings us wrote:
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> > Daniel Veillard wrote:
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> > > On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 04:58:53PM -0400, gmxml saplings us wrote:
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> > > > To it's own xml file, and rewite my main file as:
> > > > <gameconfig>
> > > > <TerrainTypeDefs>
> > > > <include href="terraintypes.xml">
> > > > </TerrainTypeDefs>
> > > > <gameconfig>
> > > >        
> > > Where is the namespace ? Sure that example as provided will never
> > > work as an XInclude... 
> > >  http://www.w3.org/TR/xinclude/#syntax
> > > there is also examples in many places on the web or in libxml2 test suites.
> > >      
> > I've search for XInclude, libxml, xmlXIncludeProcess, and 
> > xmlXIncludeProcessFlags in various combinations.  Nothing helpfull was 
> > found.
> >    
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>  I pointed you to the spec. The spec defines the behaviour. You are not
> following the spec. So don't expect the spec specified behaviour.
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>  

I'm not.  That's why I'm asking a question to learn what I'm doing wrong.

> > And all the examples I've found include the concept of working using a 
> > URL, wheras I'm using the file system(can I simply call it 
> > file:://g:/cygwin/home/gmort/atlantis for example).
> >    
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>  Bzzzz You didn't understood what I said it's not about href="" it's
> about <include, your include element is in no namespace it's not an
> XInclude element.
>  You are just exposing that you don't understand what an XML namespace is
> and that explain why you have troubles with XInclude,

I thought it was obvious, as I'm working on a open source game, written 
in a language I've never used(C++) and modifying it to read 
configuration data from XML instead of hardcoded arrays(I chose XML over 
INI files mainly because XML gives me nice features, provided I code for 
it, so that new tags can be ignored by older programs, and the files can 
be displayed by web browsers with the appropriate style sheet.)  Your 
absolutely right, I don't understand the spec.  I aim for functionality 
as it's a spare time project for me, not a profession.  If I can get 80% 
of my needs met without spending a lot of time delving into the spec and 
learning it all, I'm gonna do that and move on with my life.  It only 
took me two weeks to modify the program to read in the data since the 
libxml library is so well documented and gives good examples.

However, in the case of XInclude, those examples are lacking and the 
spec is geared for people who have a more thorough understanding of 
XML.  No worries, I'll simply abadon XInclude as useless to me untill I 
have a few weeks to learn XML from the ground up.  And with 3 kids, I'm 
guessing my desire to learn XML inside and out, for a non-professional 
use, is about zero compared to my desire to spend time with them.    I 
had pretty much given up on it, but then I figured I recalled that when 
I went to college mailling lists tended to be populated by friendly 
individuals who often have gone through the growing pains and are happy 
to share their hard fought knowledge, so I might as well explain my 
problem to people who use XML and the libxml on a daily basis and either 
the problem would be ignored as not worth the time or someone would be 
able to easily explain the problem to me.

Thanks for your help, I never claimed the problem was in the code, I 
said I did not understand what I was doing wrong and that my code wasn't 
working.