inherit 

<h:div class="summary">Inheritance mechanism.</h:div>
<h:div class="description">
  <h:p>A reference to an existing element can be used to supplement values such as coordinates. The
    <h:tt>inheritance</h:tt>attribute determines whether the values are supplemented, overwritten or deleted. In the example:</h:p>
  <h:pre><molecule id="m1" view="initial"> <atomArray> <atom id="a1" x3="0.1"/> </atomArray> </molecule> <!-- this adds more information --> <molecule ref="m1" view="initial" inherit="supplement"> <atomArray> <atom id="a1" hydrogenCount="1"/> </atomArray> </molecule> <!-- this will overwrite the previous values --> <molecule ref="m1" inherit="overwrite" view="final" id="m2"> <atomArray> <atom id="a1" x3="0.1"/> </atomArray> </molecule> <!-- this will delete the previous values --> <molecule ref="m1" inherit="delete" view="restart"> <atomArray> <atom id="a1" hydrogenCount=""/> </atomArray> </molecule></h:pre>
  <h:p>The first
    <h:tt>molecule/@ref</h:tt>adds complementary information, the second changes the values. Software is allowed to generate two independent copies of the molecule and reference them by different IDs (
    <h:tt>m1</h:tt>and
    <h:tt>m2</h:tt>).</h:p>
  <h:p>This mechanism is necessary to manage the implied inheritance of partial information during minimisations and dynamics. It requires careful software implementation.</h:p>
</h:div>

Attribute Information

Used By

Attribute Group inherit

Source 

<xsd:attribute id="att.inherit" name="inherit" type="inheritType">
  <xsd:annotation>
    <xsd:documentation>
      <h:div class="summary">Inheritance mechanism.</h:div>
      <h:div class="description">
        <h:p>A reference to an existing element can be used to supplement values such as coordinates. The
          <h:tt>inheritance</h:tt>attribute determines whether the values are supplemented, overwritten or deleted. In the example:</h:p>
        <h:pre><molecule id="m1" view="initial"> <atomArray> <atom id="a1" x3="0.1"/> </atomArray> </molecule> <!-- this adds more information --> <molecule ref="m1" view="initial" inherit="supplement"> <atomArray> <atom id="a1" hydrogenCount="1"/> </atomArray> </molecule> <!-- this will overwrite the previous values --> <molecule ref="m1" inherit="overwrite" view="final" id="m2"> <atomArray> <atom id="a1" x3="0.1"/> </atomArray> </molecule> <!-- this will delete the previous values --> <molecule ref="m1" inherit="delete" view="restart"> <atomArray> <atom id="a1" hydrogenCount=""/> </atomArray> </molecule></h:pre>
        <h:p>The first
          <h:tt>molecule/@ref</h:tt>adds complementary information, the second changes the values. Software is allowed to generate two independent copies of the molecule and reference them by different IDs (
          <h:tt>m1</h:tt>and
          <h:tt>m2</h:tt>).</h:p>
        <h:p>This mechanism is necessary to manage the implied inheritance of partial information during minimisations and dynamics. It requires careful software implementation.</h:p>
      </h:div>
    </xsd:documentation>
  </xsd:annotation>
</xsd:attribute>

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