Norman Walsh wrote:
>
>/ James Clark <> was heard to say:
>| Right. We could have a restriction on combine="group" that you can't use it
>| in a way which makes order significant (eg combining two <element>
>| patterns). On the other hand that would rule out using combine="group" to
>| provide functionality similar to derivation of complex types by extension in
>| XML Schema (adding things on to the end of a content model).
>
>Making order insignificant would be nice, but I think it would be a
>mistake to lose the ability to mutate content models this way.
I do not think that combine="group" provides functionality similar to
derivation of complex types by extension. Derived types do not
overshadow original types, but combine="group" does.
Cheers,
Makoto
