On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 11:34, James Clark wrote:
> I think there is a right choice here, and that is not to try to abuse the
> global/local element distinction for something for which it was not
> designed.
There is a "Right" choice, but there may be "pragmatic" choices too for
users who have a requirement to constraint the root element!
Furthermore, I do think that the semantic of RNG
<define name="barPattern">
<element name="bar">
.../...
</element>
</define>
is closer to a WXS group than to a WXS global element...
> >> That's not how I interpret the spec. Which schema processors disallow
> >> this?
> >
> > My interpretation is based on a discussion with Henry Thompson:
> >
> > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xmlschema-dev/2001Nov/0188.html
> >
> > And the spec seems rather clear:
> >
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#mg-props-correct
>
> I don't agree. See the discussion at
>
> http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200202/msg00935.html
I stand corrected, then!
Eric
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