[relax-ng] Why is the start element always mandatory when a grammar isused

[Eric van der Vlist <vdv@dyomedea.com>]

Hi,

Just out of curiousity, is there a reason why as soon as a grammar
element is used a start element is mandatory even when there is no
ambiguity about the root element such as in:

<grammar>
 <define name="bar">
  <element name="bar">
   <empty/>
  </element>
 </define>
 <element name="foo">
  <ref name="bar"/>
 </element>
</grammar>

Is there any reason other than making the simplification of the schema
easier to describe and implement?

Thanks

Eric

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