Neil Bradley <neil.bradley@rubus.com> writes: > The Abstract attribute may be used on the ComplexType element. But it cannot > be used on the SimpleType element. Why? > > I had thought it might be to reinforce a rule that abstract types cannot be > based on concrete types, yet this is actually possible with complex types. I can't reconstruct the original arguments against this, but there were some. It's under discussion as a possible 1.1 feature. ht -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh W3C Fellow 1999--2002, 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/ [mail really from me _always_ has this .sig -- mail without it is forged spam]Received on Monday, 11 November 2002 05:50:50 GMT
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