In message <alpine.OSX.0.999.0707090906580.2139@lister.ei.virginia.edu> David Sewell <dsewell@virginia.edu> writes:

Hi David (quick answer, on the road at conferences),

> How does one get content completion in oXygen using XInclude? 

I was thinking that you XInclude the entirety of the index.xml file into your (say) teiHeader somewhere, and then all you index references are local, so oXygen picks up the @xml:id attributes automatically when producing a list of attribute values defined as pointers to such.  The problem is, of course, that you get a list of all of index items and that might be a long list, but in starting to type them in that would take one to the right context quickly.  I suppose its usefulness would be dependent on the number of index items one has, I've only used this technique for a small number of terms.

-James


> If I have
> an element like
>   <xi:include href="index.xml" xpointer=""/>
> is content completion available on @xpointer? (I can't make it work, if
> so.)
> 
> David
> 
> On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, James Cummings wrote:
> 
> > Hi David,
> >
> > This sounds like lots of fun, but I guess I want to know more about why you
> > want to do this? Doesn't this really go against the re-use principle of XML
> > text encoding?  I mean, isn't it better to do something like <index
> > sameAs="index.xml#catsAndDogs"/> pointing to an <entry xml:id="catsAndDogs">
> > in index.xml (or better, temporarily XIncluding it, so having local pointers
> > oXygen has no problem providing in a drop-down list), so not entering the text
> > in that point?  XSLT postprocessing can of course then stick in the text if it
> > is really needed for standalone distribution. ... But I know you know all of
> > this, which is then what prompts my confusion.   What is the benefit of
> > sticking in the actual text rather than pointers to IDs?  What is your
> > use-case?  Why is it better to put in the full text rather than a pointer?
> >
> > It does sound like a fun idea though.
> >
> > Just curious,
> > -James
> >
> > David Sewell wrote:
> > > I'm wondering how the following might be accomplished in oXygen.
> > >
> > > Suppose I have an index of terms stored in an XML file, call it
> > > "index.xml". The file looks like this:
> > >     <index>
> > >         <entry>cats : and dogs</entry>
> > >         <entry>cats : and mice</entry>  <!-- etc. -->
> > >     <index>
> > >
> > > I am editing an XML file, call it "doc.xml",  in which I want to insert
> > > index terms contained in the index file, like so:
> > >
> > >     <p>In 2006 Felix the cat caught over 200
> > >        mice.<index><term>cats: and mice</term></index></p>
> > >
> > > While editing doc.xml, after I type "<term>", I want to access a list of
> > > possible entries drawn from index.xml. Ideally this would be implemented
> > > in the manner of popular Ajax-based form entry, so that typing the first
> > > few letters would call up a window containing a list of all index
> > > entries beginning with those letters.
> > >
> > > Because index.xml could contain thousands of entries, this goes beyond
> > > what oXygen content completion or code templates are designed to do.
> > > Would this task require writing a plug-in for oXygen? Or are there
> > > off-the-shelf Ajax tools that would work with the Eclipse version of
> > > oXygen to enable this kind of interaction?
> > >
> > > DS
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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