RE: [xdi] Final Syntax Choices - Please Vote ASAP (takes only seconds)

After thinking about Markus’s reason for not choosing semicolon and comma, I agree with him on this.

So, my choice for syntax is attribute is “&” and singleton is “|”

I also like general-to-special ordering.

From: xdi@lists.oasis-open.org [mailto:xdi@lists.oasis-open.org] On Behalf Of Markus Sabadello
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 5:44 AM
To: Drummond Reed
Cc: OASIS - XDI TC
Subject: Re: [xdi] Final Syntax Choices - Please Vote ASAP (takes only seconds)

My first choice remains #2C, which is not in your list, and which I would consider "General-to-Special":

=markus+|&email/$ref/

   =markus+&email!9876

=markus+home+|&email/$ref/

   =markus+&email!5432

=markus+work+|&email/$ref/

   =markus+&email!9876

=markus+&email!5432:/:/

   "ms@example.com"

=markus+&email!9876:/:/

   "markus@example.net"

=markus+&email!9876$|&t:/:/

   "2013-04-11T10:11:12Z"

=markus+address!4567+&street#1:/:/

   "123 Main St"

=markus+address!4567+&street#2:/:/

   "Apt 23"

=markus+address!4567+|&city:/:/

   "Vienna"

=markus+address!4567+|&country:/:/

   "Austria"

=markus+address!4567$|&t:/:/

   "2013-04-11T10:11:12Z"

%+&email/$is+/

   $string

%@example%+&email$&xbnf#1:/:/

   "1*DIGIT '@example.com'"

My second choice is #2A.

As an exercise, I added another Graph Model table, so there is now one for each one of the #2x options:

Option #2A: First table at https://wiki.oasis-open.org/xdi/GraphModelStructure/Discussion

Option #2B; Table at https://wiki.oasis-open.org/xdi/GraphModelStructure

Option #2C: Second table at https://wiki.oasis-open.org/xdi/GraphModelStructure/Discussion

Markus

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Drummond Reed <drummond.reed@xdi.org> wrote:

Though I'm still working on the minutes from today's excellent TC telecon, the key takeaway is that we are within hours of a final syntax decision. We have consensus on 3 of the 5 symbols we need (literal = colon; ordered instance = hash; definition = percent sign).

That leaves just the attribute and singleton symbols.

To make this easy, in this email (and on the Syntax Examples page) I have included examples of the two combinations of attribute/singleton symbols that received the most votes on today's call. I have also included two variants of each: one in special-to-general order and one is general-to-special order (relative to the table in GraphModelStructure).

SO, YOUR ACTION ITEM IS TO LOOK OVER THE FOUR OPTIONS BELOW (#1A, #1B, #2A, #2B), and then reply back to the list with your:

FIRST PREFERENCE
SECOND PREFERENCE

Alternately, if there is a different set of symbols you decide you prefer, please reply back with that.

Thanks,

=Drummond

Attribute = Semicolon and Singleton = Comma

Attribute symbol	;
Singleton symbol	,
Literal symbol	:
Ordered instance symbol	#
Definition symbol	%

OPTION #1A: Symbol Ordering: Special-to-General

=markus+;,email/$ref/

   =markus+;email!9876

=markus+home+;,email/$ref/

   =markus+;email!5432

=markus+work+;,email/$ref/

   =markus+;email!9876

=markus+;email!5432:/:/

   "ms@example.com"

=markus+;email!9876:/:/

   "markus@example.net"

=markus+;email!9876$;,t:/:/

   "2013-04-11T10:11:12Z"

=markus+address!4567+;street#1:/:/

   "123 Main St"

=markus+address!4567+;street#2:/:/

   "Apt 23"

=markus+address!4567+;,city:/:/

   "Vienna"

=markus+address!4567+;,country:/:/

   "Austria"

=markus+address!4567$;,t:/:/

   "2013-04-11T10:11:12Z"

%+;email/$is+/

   $string

%@example%+;email$;xbnf#1:/:/

   "1*DIGIT '@example.com'"

OPTION #1B: Symbol Ordering: General-to-Special

=markus,;+email/$ref/

   =markus;+email!9876

=markus+home,;+email/$ref/

   =markus;+email!5432

=markus+work,;+email/$ref/

   =markus;+email!9876

=markus;+email!5432:/:/

   "ms@example.com"

=markus;+email!9876:/:/

   "markus@example.net"

=markus;+email!9876,;$t:/:/

   "2013-04-11T10:11:12Z"

=markus+address!4567;+street#1:/:/

   "123 Main St"

=markus+address!4567;+street#2:/:/

   "Apt 23"

=markus+address!4567,;+city:/:/

   "Vienna"

=markus+address!4567,;+country:/:/

   "Austria"

=markus+address!4567,;$t:/:/

   "2013-04-11T10:11:12Z"

%;+email/$is+/

   $string

%@example%;+email;$xbnf#1:/:/

   "1*DIGIT '@example.com'"

Attribute = Ampersand and Singleton = Pipe

Attribute symbol	&
Singleton symbol	\|
Literal symbol	:
Ordered instance symbol	#
Definition symbol	%

OPTION #2A: Symbol Ordering: Special-to-General

=markus+&|email/$ref/

   =markus+&email!9876

=markus+home+&|email/$ref/

   =markus+&email!5432

=markus+work+&|email/$ref/

   =markus+&email!9876

=markus+&email!5432:/:/

   "ms@example.com"

=markus+&email!9876:/:/

   "markus@example.net"

=markus+&email!9876$&|t:/:/

   "2013-04-11T10:11:12Z"

=markus+address!4567+&street#1:/:/

   "123 Main St"

=markus+address!4567+&street#2:/:/

   "Apt 23"

=markus+address!4567+&|city:/:/

   "Vienna"

=markus+address!4567+&|country:/:/

   "Austria"

=markus+address!4567$&|t:/:/

   "2013-04-11T10:11:12Z"

%+&email/$is+/

   $string

%@example%+&email$&xbnf#1:/:/

   "1*DIGIT '@example.com'"

OPTION #2B: Symbol Ordering: General-to-Special

=markus|&+email/$ref/

   =markus&+email!9876

=markus+home|&+email/$ref/

   =markus&+email!5432

=markus+work|&+email/$ref/

   =markus&+email!9876

=markus&+email!5432:/:/

   "ms@example.com"

=markus&+email!9876:/:/

   "markus@example.net"

=markus&+email!9876|&$t:/:/

   "2013-04-11T10:11:12Z"

=markus+address!4567&+street#1:/:/

   "123 Main St"

=markus+address!4567&+street#2:/:/

   "Apt 23"

=markus+address!4567|&+city:/:/

   "Vienna"

=markus+address!4567|&+country:/:/

   "Austria"

=markus+address!4567|&$t:/:/

   "2013-04-11T10:11:12Z"

%&+email/$is+/

   $string

%@example%&+email&$xbnf#1:/:/