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From: Eran Balter [mailto:E.Balter@F...]
Sent: 30 December 2007 18:12
To: xml-dev@l...
Subject: hexBinary type

Hi,

 

I am validating the following instance:

 

<hexBinary>0Fb8</hexBinary>

 

with the following schema:

 

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

        <xsd:element name="hexBinary">

                <xsd:simpleType>

                        <xsd:restriction base="xsd:hexBinary">

                                <xsd:enumeration value="0FB8"/>

                        </xsd:restriction>

         </xsd:simpleType>

        </xsd:element>

</xsd:schema>

 

The instance has the small “b” while the enumeration permits the capital “B”.

 

Is it a valid instance? (the standard claims: “The canonical representation for hexBinary is defined by prohibiting certain options from the http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xmlschema-2-20041028/datatypes.html#hexBinary-lexical-representation. Specifically, the lower case hexadecimal digits ([a-f]) are not allowed.”). libxml2 claims it’s valid, while xerces claims it’s not.

 

TIA,

Eran