Bob: the <element ref="..."/> construction always resolves to a global element declaration. From [1] (4.3.1 XML Representation of Attribute Declaration Schema Components): ...otherwise (the element element information item has complexType or group as an ancestor and the ref [attribute] is present), the corresponding schema component is as follows (unless minOccurs=maxOccurs=0, in which case the item corresponds to no component at all): Particle Schema Component ========================= {min occurs} The numeric normalized value of the minOccurs [attribute], if present, otherwise 1 {max occurs} unbounded, if the maxOccurs [attribute] equals unbounded, otherwise the numeric normalized value of the maxOccurs [attribute], if present, otherwise 1. {term} The >>>(global)<<< element declaration resolved to by the normalized value of the ref [attribute]. All of the above is easier to read in the formatted original, but note the "(global)" in the final sentence. That's where you discover that a ref can never be to a local element. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#declare-element ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Noah Mendelsohn Voice: 1-617-693-4036 Lotus Development Corp. Fax: 1-617-693-8676 One Rogers Street Cambridge, MA 02142 ------------------------------------------------------------------------Received on Tuesday, 28 November 2000 15:44:17 GMT
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