• From: =?UTF-8?B?TWFpayBTdMKfw7xocmVuYmVyZw==?=<maik.stuehrenberg@u...>
• To: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
• Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:41:27 +0200

Michael Kay schrieb:
>> So the correct assert would be inside the cd element:
>>
>> <xs:element name="cd">
>>     <xs:complexType>
>>       <xs:sequence>
>>         <xs:element ref="pd" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
>>         <xs:element ref="segs"/>
>>       </xs:sequence>
>>       <xs:assert test="pd/@start le segs/s/@start"/>
>>       <xs:assert test="pd/@end ge segs/s/@end"/>
>>     </xs:complexType>
>>   </xs:element>
>>
> 
> Shouldn't it be something like
> 
> test="every $s in segs/s/@start satisfies pd/@start le $s"
> 
>> In addition the problem with that solution is that the error 
>> is raised for the common ancestor which makes it much harder 
>> to inspect the wrong s element (if I imagine hundreds of s 
>> elements and only one is wrong...)
> 
> Yes. Saxon supports a coding convention here: if you write the assertion as
> an "empty()" predicate, and the result isn't empty, Saxon will tell you
> where the nodes were that were found. Something like:
> 
> test="empty(for $p in pd/@start, $s in segs/s[$p le @start] return $s)"

Perfect. This works like a charm. Again, thank you very much.

Best,

Maik Stührenberg
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Michael Kay
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> 
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• References:
  • XSD 1.1 - assert a condition of a complex type depending on anotherelement's attribute value
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  • RE: XSD 1.1 - assert a condition of a complex type depending on another element's attribute value
    • From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
  • Re: XSD 1.1 - assert a condition of a complex type dependingon another element's attribute value
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