The element ui:alist-value represents a literal for associative lists that can be used to set the initial value of a ui:variable. The element ui:alist-item represents one association pair.

Level: Dialog structure

<!ELEMENT ui:alist-value (ui:alist-item)* >

<!ELEMENT ui:alist-item %value-literal; >

<!ATTLIST ui:alist-item
          index  CDATA #REQUIRED>

Restriction: All items must contain literals of the same type. Furthermore, it is (currently) not allowed that an item contains another alist-value.

• index: The index of the item.

The ui:alist-item contains the literal that corresponds to the index

<ui:enumeration name="fruit">
  <ui:enum internal="apple"  external="I like apples"/>
  <ui:enum internal="orange" external="I like oranges"/>
  <ui:enum internal="banana" external="I like bananas"/>
</ui:enumeration>

<ui:variable name="preference" type="fruit" associative="yes">
  <ui:alist-value>
    <ui:alist-item index="John">
      <!-- John's preferred fruit: -->
      <ui:enum-value>
        <ui:enum-item internal="orange"/>
        <ui:enum-item internal="banana"/>
      </ui:enum-value>
    </ui:alist-item>
    <ui:alist-item index="Mary">
      <!-- Mary's preferred fruit: -->
      <ui:enum-value>
        <ui:enum-item internal="apple"/>
        <ui:enum-item internal="banana"/>
      </ui:enum-value>
    </ui:alist-item>
  </ui:alist-value>
</ui:variable>