[om] semantics of structure sharing

Steve Braham warp at polylab.sfu.ca
Fri Apr 12 15:35:41 CEST 2002


I don't think that one would work, as it's an obvious violation
of the semantics. If we have sharing, it shouldn't project down
to the actual "OpenMath" structure.

				Steve

p.s. Also, you might want to share attributes! *L*

Manfred Riem wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been following the discussion about semantic sharing by lurking,
> but now feel prompted to add my 2 cents.
> 
> Why not keep the standard as it is and use the features already
> available to use. Eg. use OMATTR to introduce the sharing.
> 
> Eg. for the object we want to refer to.
> 
>   <OMOBJ>
>    <OMATTR>
>     <OMATP>
>      <OMS cd="semshar" name="label"/>
>      <OMV name="mylabel"/>
>     </OMATP>
>     <OMA>
>      rest of object.
>     </OMA>
>    </OMATTR>
>   </OMOBJ>
> 
> Eg. for the reference.
> 
>   <OMOBJ>
>    <OMATTR>
>     <OMATP>
>      <OMS cd="semshare" name="ref">
>      <OMV name="mylabel">
>     </OMATP>
>     <OMS cd="semshare" name="holder"/>
>    </OMATTR>
>   </OMOBJ>
> 
> Or use an application instead?
> 
> Regards,
> Manfred.
> 
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