Attribute Inheritance and Context Technical Guide
Section 1 - INTRODUCTION
1.1 Overview

This document is a technical guide that deals with the attribute inheritance and context mechanisms in the SEDRIS DRM, as well as associated functions.

1.2 Prerequisites

It is recommended that the following documents from the SEDRIS Technology Documentation Set (see Section 1.2) be reviewed prior to reading this document.

  • Part 3: SEDRIS Basics

  • Part 4, Volume 1: Technical Overview

  • Part 4, Volume 2: The SEDRIS Data Representation Model

  • Part 4, Volume 3: Examples of Using the Data Representation Model

  • Part 4, Volume 12: Application Programmer's Interface Overview
1.3 For Additional Information on SEDRIS

This document is part of a larger set of overview and technical documents on SEDRIS, the Technology Documentation Set. The Technology Documentation Set describes the why, what, and how of SEDRIS.

The Technology Documentation Set, listed below, is available at the SEDRIS web site (www.sedris.org). An overview of the contents of each "part" of the documentation set is provided in Part 1. A detailed description of the individual "volumes" contained in Part 4 is provided in Volume 1.


  • Part 6: Procedures and Processes Manual
  • 1.4 Document Conventions and Notations

    Throughout the SEDRIS Technology Documentation Set, special conventions and notations are implemented in the written text of documents to distinguish between and add emphasis to various computer-related or SEDRIS-specific terms. The table below defines these conventions and notations.

    CONVENTION EXAMPLES DEFINITIONS
    Reverse video
    _Open_
    window buttons/selections/choices/etc.
    <Key or Class> <Shift> keys on the keyboard
    <Colour Data> SEDRIS DRM class names
    Courier font src/lib/api_impl/ ... directory, file, transmittal, library names
    gmake env command line input
    "false" variable names, values, and coding examples
    italics www.sedris.org Internet addresses
    gmake software, window, mode, function, option, etc. names
    Part 1: Intro to document/section titles
    not always for emphasis
    "quotes" "generic" highlight or call attention to


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