• From: Roger L Costello <costello@m...>
• To: "xml-dev@l..." <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 17:05:56 +0000

David Carlisle wrote (paraphrasing):

> The fact that you cannot have two different global declarations
> of a Tank element is a limitation of XML Schemas.  Other
> constraint languages do not have the limitation.

Wow!

> If you use Relax NG you can globally declare  tank-fish and
> tank-military patterns that both use the same element name,
> but each used in their respective contexts.

Wow!

I haven't done anything with Relax NG for a long time. Would someone show Relax NG code that creates two "Tank" elements (an aquarium tank and a military tank) without violating DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself), please?

/Roger

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