Re: [Psidev-ms-dev] mzML 0.99 remarks

[Matthew C. <mat...@va...>]

Angel Pizarro wrote:
> Just finished going through the specification, which is great BTW. 
> Just have a few notes/questions on the spec/schema as it stands. I'll 
> also post it these to the PSI site.
>
> (1) sourceFileRef in multiple places
>  
> Why does this exist
>   run -> spectrumList -> spectrum [:sourceFileRef => anyURI ]
> when there is this?
>   run -> sourceFileRefList -> sourceFileRef [:ref => anyURI ]
I agree, I don't see a reason for the sourceFileRefList.  Only a 
sourceFileList is needed.

>
> When would you use one over the other or would you have to specify 
> both or what? The spec should cover this a bit better.
>
> (2) count attributes in list like element types
>
> I *really* don't like the count attribute in list types (e.g. 
> instrumentList[@count]). I think they are not too informative and 
> prone to error (just another condition to code and maintain)
If you don't want to maintain the count attributes, ignore them. :)  
They are mainly useful for human consumption, or if you wanted to write 
a very (but bulky) fast parser with low error checking.

-Matt