[relax-ng] Control of the combinations of patterns

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

I am not sure that there is a very strong use case beyond this, but WXS
does pay lot of attention to the control of the derivations and
substitutions allowed by a schema.

With Relax NG, one can partially control the combinations done on a
start or named pattern: if I am writing a definition in a grammar which
will be reused by inclusion, if I write:

foo = bar

I allow grammars which will include this one to combine this definition
by choice or interleave while if I write:

foo = &bar

I forbid combinations by choice and if I write

foo = |bar

I forbid combinations by interleave.

Questions: 
 - would it be useful to be able to forbid both (similar to the notion
of "final" definition)? 
- would it be usefull to impose that a combination is applied (notion of
"abstract" definition)?

Eric
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