RFE [1637066] namespaces for properties

[Brent_Easton]

Properties should be explicitely usable. I mean, a property UFO defined in Area51 of board Nevada in map Xfiles should be readable through a Xfiles.Nevada.Area51.$UFO$ notation over and above the usual $UFO$ way. This way, a map could refer to properties defined in another one. What this amounts to is having namespaces for properties, or something like it.

Ok, I have this one ready to merge in. Just want to discuss a couple of issues.

The actual notation to access a property will be

$Xfiles.Nevada.Area51.UFO$

The following options make sense:

$map.property$ - A Map level property
$map.zone.property$ - A Zone level property on any board
$map.board.zone.property$- A Zone level property on a named board

Question: Is ‘.’ the right seperator to use? What about:

$Xfiles:Nevada:Area51:UFO$

B.