Re: Are facets permitted on for types with nested <simpleType> - Structure 3.14 should say

"Bob Schloss" <rschloss@us.ibm.com> writes:

> Question 1: Is it syntatically legal to specify some of the constraining
> facets in a nested simpleType definition (under <restriction>) and other
> constraining facets outside that nested simpleType definition but as child
> elements of <restriction>?  What is the algorithm for deciding which
> constraining facet element information items would be permitted in that
> second section?  (This is the question implied by Peter's original question
> to me).

It's willfully obscure, but not ruled out.  The facility is there so
you can constrain e.g. nameless unions.  The algorithm is the same as
if the nested definition were named and external.

> Question 2: Can a simpleType of anySimpleType be implied in a user schema?
> If so, can any facet element information items be used to constrain it?

Yes, and no.

<xs:attribute name="foo"/>

has the ur-simple-type definition, whose name is 'anySimpleType', as
its type definition.

However, you can't restrict this just with facets, as there's no way
to indicate which primitive type is meant.

ht
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