[mapguide-internals] PSC: Motion RE: Proposed minor changes to RFC 14

[Paul Spencer]

+1 Paul

On 19-Mar-07, at 12:48 PM, Tom Fukushima wrote:

> Thanks Walt, these look good.
>
> Hi PSC members,
>
> I motion that we accept these changes to RFC 14.
>
> +1 Tom
>
> Thanks
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Walt
> Welton-Lair
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 9:15 AM
> To: MapGuide Internals Mail List
> Subject: [mapguide-internals] Proposed minor changes to RFC 14
>
> Now that implementation has started on RFC 14, we've come up with a  
> list
> of (mostly-minor) symbolization schema changes that need to be made.
> Please have a quick look and reply if you have questions or issues.
>
>
> *	remove invalid enumerations from
> SymbolInstance::CheckExclusionRegion element
> 		=> it should be a plain xs:string
>
> *	change SymbolInstance::SizeContext to be a SizeContextType
> 		=> this is for consistency
>
> *	make LineUsage::VertexAngleLimit an xs:string type
> 		=> the type is missing in the schema
>
> *	change all enumerated type properties to plain strings so they
> support expressions
> 		=> PointUsage::AngleControl
> 		=> LineUsage::AngleControl
> 		=> LineUsage::UnitsControl
> 		=> LineUsage::VertexControl
> 		=> AreaUsage::OriginalControl
> 		=> AreaUsage::AngleControl
> 		=> AreaUsage::ClippingControl
> 		=> Path::LineCap
> 		=> Path::LineJoin
> 		=> GraphicBaseType::ResizeControl
> 		=> ResizeBox::GrowControl
>
> *	add a VertexJoin property on LineUsage
> 		=> all graphic elements in the simple symbol use this
> value to determine their wrapping behavior at vertices
>
> *	rename Parameter::ValueList to AllowedValues
>
> *	rename SimpleSymbol::SimpleSymbolReference to SymbolReference
> 		=> it's already clear enough that this is a
> SimpleSymbolReference because this is part of SimpleSymbol
>
> *	switch order of elements in AreaUsage
> 		=> switch AngleControl and OriginControl
> 		=> put Angle before OriginX and OriginY
> 		=> makes AreaUsage more consistent with LineUsage and
> PointUsage
>
> *	change Graphics collection to allow 0 to unbounded elements
> 		=> currently it requires at least one element
> 		=> users want to save their symbols while editing them
> 		=> they may temporarily not contain any graphic elements
>
> *	same change for the CompoundSymbolDefinition::SimpleSymbol
> collection
> 		=> allow 0 to unbounded symbols
>
> *	same change for the CompositeSymbolization::SymbolInstance
> collection
> 		=> allow 0 to unbounded symbol instances
>
> *	rework SymbolDefinition element
> 		=> create separate SimpleSymbolDefinition and
> CompoundSymbolDefinition elements which are of the corresponding types
> 		=> update SymbolInstance to have either a
> SymbolReference, SimpleSymbolDefinition, or CompoundSymbolDefinition
> 		=> delete SymbolDefinition and SymbolDefinitionType
>
> *	document the default value for all optional elements
>
> *	for properties supporting expressions that must evaluate to
> certain string values, document what those values are
>
>
> Walt
>
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