On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Ramaswamy wrote: > Hi, > > I have the following query regarding tagging the SEQUENCE type in > the AUTOMATIC TAGGING environment. This is w.r.t. the clause 24.9 a-e > in X.680 that gives the rules for the tagging process.It mentions that > the 1st ComponentType of RootComponentTypeList is numbered 0, next 1 > and so on. But the 3rd alternative of the production > ComponentTypeLists is as follows. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ComponentTypeLists <-- RootComponentTypeList "," ExtensionAndException > ExtensionAdditions ExtensionEndMarker "," > RootComponentTypeList > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > But the clause 24.6 states that "When the third or fourth > alternative of "ComponentTypeLists" is used, all "ComponentType"s in > extension additions shall have tags which are distinct from the tags > of the textually following "ComponentType"s up to and including the > first such "ComponentType" that is not marked OPTIONAL or DEFAULT in > the trailing "RootComponentTypeList", if any.". > > From the above I understand that the elements of the second > RootComponentTypeList are not numbered from zero but possibly > contining from the ExtensionAdditions. I am not clear as to how are > tags assigned to the elements of the second RootComponentTypeList in > the AUTOMATIC TAGGING environment. Thanking you.
The objective was that all "Root" components are numbered first, then all extension additions. Note that X.680, 24.9 does not distiguish between what is in the first or second RootComponentTypeList. I treats both "RootComponentTypeList" together. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul E. Thorpe Toll Free : 1-888-OSS-ASN1 OSS Nokalva International: 1-732-302-0750 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tech Support : 1-732-302-9669 http://www.oss.com Fax : 1-732-302-0023
