<vMerge>

<vMerge> (merged collection of values) represents a feature value which is the result of merging together the feature values contained by its children, using the organization specified by the org attribute. 18.8.3 Collection of Values
Moduleiso-fs — 18 Feature Structures
AttributesIn addition to global attributes
orgindicates the organization of the resulting merged values as set, bag or list.
Status Required when applicable
Legal values are:
set
indicates that the resulting values are organized as a set.
bag
indicates that the resulting values are organized as a bag (multiset).
list
indicates that the resulting values are organized as a list.
Used by
model.featureVal.complex
May contain
iso-fs: binary default fs numeric string symbol vAlt vColl vLabel vMerge vNot
Declaration

<rng:element name="vMerge">
<rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
<rng:optional>
 <rng:attribute name="org">
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:value>set</rng:value>
   <rng:value>bag</rng:value>
   <rng:value>list</rng:value>
  </rng:choice>
 </rng:attribute>
</rng:optional>
<rng:oneOrMore>
 <rng:ref name="model.featureVal"/>
</rng:oneOrMore>
</rng:element>
element vMerge
{
   att.global.attributes,
   attribute org { "set" | "bag" | "list" }?,
   model.featureVal+
}
Example
<vMerge org="list">
 <vColl org="set">
  <symbol value="masculine"/>
  <symbol value="neuter"/>
  <symbol value="feminine"/>
 </vColl>
 <symbol value="indeterminate"/>
</vMerge>

This example returns a list, concatenating the indeterminate value with the set of values masculine, neuter and feminine.