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Element HasOneToMany Blocks
Block HasOne Element OR HasOne Data

Element AlwaysBelongsTo Definition
Definition HasZeroToMany Elements

Element AlwaysBelongsTo Transformation
Transformation HasZeroToMany Elements


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Definition Examples:
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Fields:
- uuid
- label (unique)
- description
- xmlschema (relaxng)
http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/XML/An-Introduction-to-RELAX-NG/2/
1. Specify element type definitions in Relax NG
2. Generate Forms+Validations from these Definitions
3. Make those Forms to be drag+dropable


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Transformation Examples:
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Fields:
- name (unique)
- transformation engine (xsl, nokogiri, custom tailored ERB/Ruby...)
- transformation code (RelaxNG, XML Schema is overkill)
Use ERB/Ruby or XSLT to Transform an Element.
Whenever <reference> is called, this one is used.
<reference> can also hold <http> instead of <element_uuid> to specify a resource
Probably a reference could take a <cache> key which would mean the database would store a cache for


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Element Examples:
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Fields
- uuid
- label
- xmldata
- as fields or assocs: versions, stages, dates, publishing information, translations, whatever...

<!-- An Image Element -->
<element>
	<uuid>550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001</uuid>
	<definition_id>an_image_with_a_caption</definition_id>
	<label>The Google Logo Image with Caption</label>
	<block>
		<data>
			<image>
				<source>google.gif</source>
			</image>
		</data>
	</block>
	<block>
		<data>
			<caption>
				<primary>The Google Logo</priamry>
				<secondary>(c) by Google Inc.</secondary>
			</caption>
		</data>
	</block>
</element>


<!-- A Text-Paragraph Element -->
<element>
	<uuid>550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440002</uuid>
	<definition_id>a_paragraph</definition_id>
	<label>A Lorem Ipsum paragraph</label>
	<block>
		<data>
			<paragraph>
				Lorem Ipsum...
			</paragraph>
		</data>
	</block>
</element>


<!-- Paragraph-With-Image (Combined Element) -->
<element>
	<uuid>550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440003</uuid>
	<definition_id>two_horizontal_images</definition_id>
	<label>Two horizontal elements, in this case references to Google Image and a Text</label>
	<block>
		<reference>
			<!-- The Paragraph -->
			<element_uuid>550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440002</element_uuid>
		</reference>
	</block>
	<block>
		<reference>
			<!-- The Google Image -->
			<element_uuid>550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001</element_uuid>
		</reference>
	</block>
</element>