Re: clarification/errata: circular attributeGroup, ur-type & include

sandygao@ca.ibm.com writes:

> Further on this topic:
> 
> 1. If schema document A includes B, and B includes C. Does A have access to
> components in C? And does C have access to A?

The phrase 'have access' is possibly misleading.  Any schema document
can legally contain a reference to any name in its own target
namespace.  It can only contain references to names in other
namespaces if it contains <import>s for those namespaces.  So the
following is _not_ valid, regardless of whether it's
chameleon-included by a schema with target namespace of 'urn:xyzzy' or
not:

<xs:schema xmlns:x="urn:xyzzy">
 <xs:element name="foo" type="x:baz"/>
</xs:schema>

The question of whether references are satisfied is a matter which can 
only be addressed at runtime, once the complete set of available
components and their names is known.

> I think the answer is yes, according to your explanation below.

So indeed in your example, references in C may be satisfied by
components declared in A.

> 2. If schema document A includes B, and B *imports* C. Does A have access
> to components in C?

See above -- no.

ht
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Received on Thursday, 25 October 2001 04:20:06 UTC