• To: "Jesper Tverskov" <jesper@t...>
• Subject: Re: standalone and XML Schema
• From: ht@i... (Henry S. Thompson)
• Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:29:36 +0000
• Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
• In-reply-to: <20060128115430.C6E1C47FE85@p...> (Jesper Tverskov's message of "Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:54:27 +0100")
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Jesper Tverskov writes:

> As I read the XML spec, the Standalone Document Declaration is only
> relevant, or could be relevant, when a DTD is used.
>
> I am just wandering since XML Schema can also have e.g. default values for
> attributes.

> Is it correct that the Standalone Document Declaration is only relevant when
> a DTD is used, and that the standalone pseudo-attribute is irrelevant when
> the XML instance documents point to an XML Schema?

I think your analysis is correct -- XML 1.1 make no reference to W3C
XML Schema, and W3C XML Schema makes no reference to the 'standalone'
pseudo-attribute. . .

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