"Waterfeld, Dr., Walter" <Walter.Waterfeld@softwareag.com> writes: > opposite to DTD XML schema allows default for elements. The default for an > element is specified in the > meta schema as a string attribute. > For me a strings seems to be no good representation for an arbitrary > element. > I expected something like ANY to specify complete defaults for elements. XML Schema only allows defaults for elements with simple types, so strings cover all the allowed possibilities. ht -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh W3C Fellow 1999--2001, part-time member of W3C Team 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/Received on Monday, 19 February 2001 09:07:12 GMT
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