Re: [core] Link target attributes in CoRAL (was: Review of CoRAL)

[Klaus Hartke <[e-mail]>]

Klaus Hartke wrote:
> Christian Amsüss wrote:
> > I don't think we need a guarantee for that. We can, as they pop up, for
> > some funny-string-valued attributes define equivalent more semantic
> > attributes, each with their own mapping. So a general CoRAL processor
> > you could encounter both `attr: rt="x y"` or `split-attr:rt rt:x,
> > split-attr rt:y` and needs to know of the equivalence.
>
> This is exactly what I'd like to avoid.

Of course, we could for new link target attributes, as they pop up,
define an equivalent more semantic link relation type. In Link Format
you would use the link target attribute; in CoRAL, the link relation
type. If a converter encounters a new, unknown attribute, it would fail.

Klaus