Heylas, So, the pattern AII is REQUIRED (2.4.2 ed copy, bullet 3). But if it *doesn't exist*, we supply a default value (2.4.2.2, final sentence). If that's the way that we always describe defaults (required attribute, which if it isn't there has a value anyway), then our description is really painfully awkward. Is this a consequence of describing the "XML representation" via the infoset? Is it boneheaded of me to think that if I see "the pattern attribute information item is required" that @pattern will always appear on operation? Heh. Can XPath retrieve the value of a defaulted attribute? That's not apropos of much of anything, mind. Amy! -- Amelia A. Lewis Senior Architect TIBCO/Extensibility, Inc. alewis@tibco.comReceived on Thursday, 7 December 2006 18:36:13 GMT
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