Changes made. New version (2) of draft at :
http://forge.ogf.org/sf/docman/do/downloadDocument/projects.jsdl-wg/docman.root.working_drafts.parametersweep/doc14595/2

Sent (13.3.08) to mail list for feedback:

Hi all,

Would like to propose a modification of the [2.3 [parameter]] content in the draft along the following lines.

1) Addition at the point of introduction of XPath use of the following links for referencing XPath nomenclature:

  XPath 1.0 : http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath
  XPath 2.0 : http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath20/

2) Insertion of a second example (e.g. a new [2.3.3]) to illustrate use of substring function:

The following example illustrates the ability to match on part of an element content through the use of the XPath 1.0 substring function:

<jsdl:JobDefinition>
  <jsdl:JobDescription>
    <jsdl:Application>
      <jsdl-posix:POSIXApplication>
        <jsdl-posix:Executable>/bin/some_exe</jsdl-posix:Executable>
        <jsdl-posix:Argument>-infile</jsdl-posix:Argument>
        <jsdl-posix:Argument>in.NNN.dat</jsdl-posix:Argument>
      </jsdl-posix:POSIXApplication>
    </jsdl:Application>
  </jsdl:JobDescription>
  <sweep:Sweep>
    <sweep:Assignment>
      <sweep:Parameter>
        substring(/*//jsdl-posix:Argument[2], 4, 3)
      </sweep:Parameter>
      <sweepfunc:Values>
        <sweepfunc:Value>001</sweepfunc:Value>
        <sweepfunc:Value>002</sweepfunc:Value>
        <sweepfunc:Value>003</sweepfunc:Value>
        <sweepfunc:Value>004</sweepfunc:Value>
        <sweepfunc:Value>005</sweepfunc:Value>
      </sweepfunc:Values>
    </sweep:Assignment>
  </sweep:Sweep>
</jsdl:JobDefinition>

The above yields the following 5 jobs:

"-infile in.001.dat"
"-infile in.002.dat"
"-infile in.003.dat"
"-infile in.004.dat"
"-infile in.005.dat"


Note: I've referred to the substring function as "XPath 1.0" (unlike the draft which implies in the footer that it's an XPath 2.0 function) as it's 
XPath 1.0 that defines its use. Not sure if this is important.

3) For the benefit of the less attentive reader, perhaps the use of emphasis e.g. bold (or titled as "Invalid Example 1") to stress that the existing 
[2.3.3  Example 2] represents an invalid form.


gef