Re: Meaning of block="substitution"?

"Roger L. Costello" <costello@mitre.org> writes:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> This question is with respect to block="substitution".
> 
> Example.  Consider this head element declaration:
> 
> <element name="subway" type="string" block="substitution"/>
> 
> Does the block="substitution" mean that it is invalid to even declare a
> substitutionGroup element, such as:
> 
> <element name="train" substitutionGroup="a:subway" type="string"/>
> 
> Or, does it simply mean that in an instance document <subway> cannot be
> substituted by train?  That is, does it mean that it is valid to declare
> substitutionGroup elements but it is invalid to use them in instance
> documents?

The latter:

  "The supplied values for {disallowed substitutions} determine
  whether an element declaration appearing in a content model will be
  prevented from additionally validating elements which . . . are in
  the substitution group headed by the declared element. . . ." [1]

ht

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#Element_Declaration_details


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