Re: [xml-dev] RE : [xml-dev] Re: RE : [xml-dev] Text or tags choice with XSD

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Re: [xml-dev] RE : [xml-dev] Re: RE : [xml-dev] Text or tags choice with XSD
GARNIER Pierre <> writes:

> Here are the two instances that you give (simplified):
>
> <time xsi:type="complexTime"><hour>14</hour><min>59</min></time>
>
> <time xsi:type="simpleTime">14:59</time>
>
> I don't want to be embarrassing, but, practically, from the instances
> creator point of view (the one that write an instance), is it differing so
> much with the following ?
>
> <time-complex><hour>14</hour><min>59</min></time>
>
> <time-simple>14:59</time>

You can have this too, by making the <time> element abstract as well,
and defining <time-complex> and <time-simple> to have <time> as their
substitution group head.  Then wherever you write a reference to
<time> in a content model, and instance must have either
<time-complex> or <time-simple>.

ht
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