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L.1.6 extensionRule

Description

This tag specifies rules relating to additional information.

Format

<extensionRule id="attribute value" | tagname="attribute value" | attrname="attribute value" }
 { parent="attribute value" | attrof="attribute value" } extender="attribute value"
 extender-arg="attribute value" />

Notes:
Specify either the tagname attribute or the attrname attribute.
Specify either the parent attribute or the attrof attribute.

Attributes

[Table L-8 Attributes]

Attribute name	Description	Required item?
id	Specifies the mapping rule identifier (*1). This attribute must be specified.	Required
tagname	To add an element, specify the tag name for the additional element. If a space ("") is specified as the value of this attribute, the opening and closing extensionRule tags will not be output. Either the tagname or the attrname attribute must be specified.	Conditional
attrname	To add an attribute, specify the name for the additional attribute. Spaces ("") cannot be specified as the value of this attribute. Either the tagname or the attrname attribute must be specified.	Conditional
parent	When adding an element, specify the mapping rule identifier for the parent element of the additional element. This attribute must be specified if the tagname attribute has been specified. The mapping rule having the mapping rule identifier specified here must be defined before the mapping rule for the additional element.	Conditional
attrof	When adding an attribute, specify the mapping rule identifier for the additional attribute. This attribute must be specified if the attrname attribute has been specified. The mapping rule having the mapping rule identifier specified here must be defined before the mapping rule for the additional attribute.	Conditional
extender	Specifies how to get additional attribute information. The following values can be specified for this attribute: STATIC: Specify this value if the additional information is to be a string, in which case the actual value of the string is specified in the extender-arg attribute. EMPTY: Specify this value if the additional information is to be an empty element. This value cannot be specified in combination with the attrname attribute. If this attribute is not specified, the default value is "empty".	Required
extender-arg	Specifies the string to be used as the additional attribute information. This attribute must be specified if the value of the extender attribute is "STATIC".	Conditional

*1) 'Mapping rule identifiers' are used to identify mapping rules. Each mapping rule identifier must be unique within a mapping rule file.

Elements

None

Note on extensionRule

None