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`mdpm` - Roadmap

Upcoming in v0.0.2

» Optimized XUpdate scripts
To generate less intrusive and less expensive edit scripts, XUpdate Normal Forms are generated instead.
» Document model description
The representation of a document model is going to be entirely revised:
⋅ Vocabulary is no longer partitioned into equivalence classes, but assigned to similarity groups
⋅ The assignment of local names is replaced by expanded QNames
⋅ Dependencies between document fragments (cf. Document Ontology/ INFOMs at the locutor project site) are described as well. From there on a document model is a tuple consisting of dependency and equality descriptions.
» Extension of similarity relations
The set of supported similarity relations is going to be extended to
⋅ eq-name
⋅ eq-attributes(ALL | <qname [, qname]*>)
⋅ eq-content
⋅ eq-group
⋅ eq-deep

» mpatch
Development of a model-based patch algorithm. mpatch will apply the output of mdiff such that: mpatch(mdiff(d1, d2),d1)=d2
» Dependency/ change types
Regarding to dependency types of dependency relations and change types of change relations, the output of mdiff is going to be classified, such that mdiff(d1, d2)=Δ:ζ

» Propagation of changes
mpatch is going to adapted to work on document collections D rather than on single documents, such that mpatch(Δ:ζ ,D) will propagate long-range effect of changes along interrelations of documents in D

The list of potential innovations consists of possible future functionalities for mdpm. There is no concrete implementation schedule yet, though!