datacapture.cfg rulesets

Dmitry

I read the TS 6.5 documentation, but can't find anything on the subject.

Is there any way to use multiple rulesets to define a single tab on the Teamsite File Tagging screen? I am trying to achieve an inheritance-like behavior where the second ruleset overwrites part of the first. I've been able to overwrite one ruleset with the other, but I can't seem to merge them.

<ruleset name="ODDS Rules: Common">
<description>
ODDS Metadata common to all branches
</description>

<view-container name="Asset metadata">
<view name="Properties">
<description>Metadata that describes the topic of the asset.</description>
<item name="Description">
<description>A brief summary of 250 characters or less.</description>
<database data-type="VARCHAR(100)" />
<textarea required="f" rows="5" cols="72" wrap="virtual" maxlength="250" />
</item>

<item name="Creation Date">
<description>The date the asset was created, in the YYYY-MM-DD format.</description>
<database data-type="DATE" data-format="yyyy-MM-dd" />
<text required="f" maxlength="10" size="32" validation-regex="^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-1][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]$">
</text>
</item>

<item name="Expiration Date">
<description>The date the asset should be retired, in the YYYY-MM-DD format.</description>
<database data-type="DATE" data-format="yyyy-MM-dd" />
<text required="f" maxlength="10" size="32" validation-regex="^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-1][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]$">
</text>
</item>

<!-- Only this item should get overwritten by ruleset below -->
<item name="Dynamic List Tag">
<description>A list of files belonging to the same dynamic list value can be linked from the Intranet.</description>
<database data-type="VARCHAR(100)" />
<select>
<option label="None" value="" />
<option label="Add to New Dynamic List" value="Add to New Dynamic List" />
<option label="Treasury Rates" value="Treasury Rates" />
<option label="Mortgage Rates" value="Mortgage Rates" />
</select>
</item>


</view>
</view-container>
</ruleset>


<ruleset name="ODDS Rules: Investments">
<description>
ODDS Metadata common to all branches
</description>
<view-container name="Asset metadata">
<view name="Properties">
<!-- This should overwrite the rule above -->
<item name="Dynamic List Tag">
<description>A list of files belonging to the same dynamic list value can be linked from the Intranet.</description>
<database data-type="VARCHAR(100)" />
<select>
<option label="None" value="" />
<option label="Investments Add to New Dynamic List" value="I Add to New Dynamic List" />
<option label="Investments Treasury Rates" value="I Treasury Rates" />
<option label="Investments Mortgage Rates" value="I Mortgage Rates" />
</select>
</item>

</view>
</view-container>
</ruleset>

Edited by Dmitry on 08/30/05 01:24 PM (server time).

Adam Stoller

I don't believe there is any way to merge parts of the structure like that.
You either need to break the structure up into 3 parts (common, variantA, variantB) or duplicate the common aspects in 2 parts (variantA, variantB)

You could *try* creating incomplete XML pieces for the variants like below, but I seriously doubt it will work.

<ruleset name="ODDS Rules: Common">
  <view-container name="Asset metadata">
    <view name="Properties">
      <item name="Description">...</item>
      <item name="Creation Date">...</item>
      <item name="Expiration Date">...</item>
</ruleset>
<ruleset name="ODDS Rules: Variant A">
      <item name="Dynamic List Tag">
        <select>..</select>
      </item>
</ruleset>
<ruleset name="ODDS Rules: Investments">
      <item name="Dynamic List Tag">
        <select>...</select>
      </item>
</ruleset>
<ruleset name="ODDS Rules: Common2">
    </view>
  </view-container>
</ruleset>

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com