On 05/21/09 15:52, Ethan Quach wrote:
> Jack,
>
> At this point, I don't see the derived profile work having any
> requirements on the XML parsing work. On the client side,
> if/when a profile is derived, that all happens before we get to
> the parsing phase, and hence whatever gets derived is then
> passed to the parser, and the parser shouldn't be aware that
> derivation had occurred at all.
>
> On the server side, there might be impact on the installadm
> tooling, in that for cases where a derived profile is specified,
> parsing wouldn't happen on the server at all.
OK. Makes sense. On the server, when derived profiles are specified,
there may not yet be anything to validate since that file doesn't exist.
I haven't seen much on the idea of having derived fields in the AI
manifest, instead of derived profiles. I'll attend your meeting later
today to discuss this. This can impact the organization of manifests.
Thanks,
Jack
>
>
> thanks,
> -ethan
>
>
> Jack Schwartz wrote:
>> Hi AI rework project teams,
>>
>> Please send your XML parsing requirements to the XML Parsing Rework
>> Team so that we can give you what you need. (Or, please let us know
>> that your team's requirements are already being handled, if that is
>> the case.) Please get the list to us as soon as you can, by Thursday
>> COB latest.
>>
>> For context, please have a look at the problem statements we are
>> solving, and have a look at the strawman proposal for an idea of
>> where we are going. The strawman proposal will be revised according
>> to your needs. Both can be found at:
>>
>> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/XML_Parsing/
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jack
