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Ron Bourret wrote: > The first aim is to provide what I will call an instance syntax -- that is, the > syntax of an XML document that people should follow exactly. The second aim is > to provide a bag of definitions that can be used elsewhere. Note that while > XSchemas in the first case can, with a bit of work, be reused as the second > case, the opposite is unlikely to be true. Just so. > Our current syntax satisfies the first aim. John's first suggestion satisfies > the second aim. The XSchema subelement is a mechanism for grouping definitions: > a group of attributes (negates the need for AttGroup), You're right. I withdraw AttGroup; XSC:XSchema does it all. > "... The XSC:XSchema element may also contain other XSC:XSchema elements nested > inside of it. ****This allows one XSchema document to contain other XSchema > documents. It also serves as a way to group XSchema elements for inclusion in > other XSchema documents.****" Good. > 2) As John suggests, expand the legal elements beneath an XSchema element. In > particular, add AttDef, Choice, Sequence, Mixed, and Ref to the XSchema > element. (NotationType and EnumerationType no longer exist. I have added Ref > to John's list.) My only criticism: I don't think Ref belongs here, simply because Refs don't have any content themselves: they are just pointers, so it seems useless, over-complicated, and confusing in XSchema to have pointers to pointers. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@c... You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5) xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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