Hello, I'd need some clarification about the status of non-primitive built-in simple types. Reading paragraph 2.5.3 of XML Schema Part 2, I thought that these types were only predefined for convenience, which means that equivalent types could be defined by users. Now, a closer look at the definition for e.g. integer makes me believe this is not the case: << integer is ·derived· from decimal by fixing the value of ·fractionDigits· to be 0and disallowing the trailing decimal point. >> (btw, there is a missing whitespace after 0) The facet fractionDigits only restricts the value space, not directly the lexical space, so setting it to 0 does not disallow the trailing decimal point. This could be done using the pattern facet, but the definition does not mention this facet. So, I guess my question is: Are derived built-in types really conceptually the same as user-derived types, or is there some additional magic in their definition? -- AlainReceived on Tuesday, 26 July 2005 13:19:01 GMT
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