Re: [xml-dev] Use xsd to specify multiple instances of existing element

From
Andrew Welch <>
To
Pete Cordell <>
Date
2008-09-22T14:38:22Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Use xsd to specify multiple instances of existing element
> <xs:element name='category' type='categoryType' />
>
> <xs:complexType name='categoryType' abstract='true'/>
>
> <xs:complexType name='privacy'>
>   <xs:complexContent>
>       <xs:extension base='categoryType'>

Rather than extend from an abstract type, I think it's better to
restrict from a loose type...  I think it benefits the validator in
some way that I can't remember (that's suitably vague and
non-committal :)  Hopefully someone who knows can back that up.

> So, my answer to Ian is you can't exactly do what you want using XSD

...in XSD 1.0.  It's perfectly possible 1.1 isn't it?

I think the XSD 1.1 license for Saxon is 30 quid, that's a round of
drinks in London....



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