Re: Splitting SHOT into constituent members

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From: Richard Knapp (gyp_caver_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 24 2001 - 23:13:43 CET


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>Possibly, the <shot> could contain "station1" and
>"station2" attributes rather than the misleading
>"from" and "to" ones because some of the measurements
>might be backward sights.

Are you addressing backsights or backshots? A back shot is nothing more than a shot done in
reverse; a back sight is from the to station to the from station. (say that three times fast)

>Ultimately, the general caveXML parser could be a very slim object indeed.
>All it would need to know is the full parameter list for each
>different type of measurement (distance, depthguage, GPS...
>there's about half a dozen), and the names of the commands which
>it should interpret as being an attribute over-ride type.
>It would not need to distinguish between them in order to
>expand everything into a big database. You'd only later bother with
>rules like: <surveytrip> can't have a "from" attribute.

That is what a DTD or Schema are used for. I'm not sure if the exceptions generated (anyone
know) are specific like that but it would be helpful if they were.

>Anyways, with this organization, it suggests that we should
>first agree on a complete set of attributes for each commonly
>used type of measurement.

Disagree. We haven't really agreed on the scope of things to be considered. Without any
defined boundaries, things could easily get out of control.

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