On 21/5/05 3:41 AM, "A. Pagaltzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, it does pose a problem of default semantics. Do we > define particular categories in the spec? If we donšt, do we > define a default category to be assumed in absence of explicit > category elements in the document? If we do, do we define such > a default? The simplest thing that could possibly work is to say that if there is no <category> element inside the <contributor> then assume a default of @term="author" with unspecified @scheme and unspecified @label. Covers 99% of use cases, I should think. No need to explain what the string "author" means, surely? e.