• To: "Jeff Lowery" <jlowery@s...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: Attribute Order
• From: "Michael Fitzgerald" <mike@w...>
• Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 07:08:41 -0800
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• In-reply-to: <3549BAFD79A7D411A1CF00508B62B5BC0124B92F@e...>

Jeff Lowry wrote:
>In this particular case, I'm thinking that NOTHING can be specified in a
>declarative grammar for this data model. I have to look again at RELAX NG,
>though, as it might handle the case where ordered elements are interrupted
>by unordered insertions of other elements (some unspecified). I'm thinking
>not.

In RELAX NG, you can intersperse unordered element content within ordered
element content with <interleave>:

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/relax-ng/tutorial-20011203.html#IDAN1YR

With RELAX NG name classes, you can also match unspecified content using a
name-class with <anyName/>:

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/relax-ng/tutorial-20011203.html#IDAFLZR

Mike

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