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On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Philippe Poulard wrote: > >>Where are XML types ? > >>People know xs:string, xs:int and xs:QName, because they are > >>taken from > >>raw data, but is there high level types for XML items such as > >>xml:element, xml:attribute, or xml:namespace ? > >>I have to name (with a QName) objects (that can be XML items) > >>as if they > >>were types. > >>I really really don't think that XPath2 offers a reasonable > >>solution with : > >>"5 instance of xs:integer" > >>". instance of element()" > > Unfortunately, my application is not really ready to handle such types. > I can handle an xs:string, an xml:element, a my:purchase-order, but not > an element(*,my:purchase-order) ; in fact, when i handle a > my:purchase-order, i don't mind if it comes from an element or not ; in > my application, i don't use complex types (in the sense of W3C XML > Schema), i simply use objects that may have been unmarshalled from XML > or not > > In this strange world, they all have a QName It appears to me that your application has a need that was not an issue for the usecases addressed by Schema or XPath-2.0. So, you are safe by picking whatever QNames you want! (Just avoid using "xml" for a prefix, in case your QNames ever get serialized into textual XML, --- "xml", and other prefixes starting with "xml", are reserved by the Namespaces Rec for future W3C-sanctioned use.) Vladimir
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