http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3232 ------- Comment #9 from mike@saxonica.com 2008-02-05 21:06 ------- I believe that a complex type definition defines a complex type. I think I know what a complex type is: it is a set of rules that can be used to constrain the contents of XML elements. Similarly I believe that a simple type definition defines a simple type; and a simple type is a set of rules that can be used, inter alia, to constrain the contents of XML elements and attributes. I know what datatypes are as a generic computer science term, but I don't know what they are in XML Schema, other than another name for simple types. Your last comment appears to agree with that. I don't think we have to resort to concepts like "element class" - we have quite enough concepts already without inventing more.Received on Tuesday, 5 February 2008 21:06:58 GMT
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