RE: allowing zero to unbounded elements in any order?

Jeni,

I was afraid of that.  Thanks for all your insight.  It's been extremely
helpful, and very educational.  I'll start using <xs:*> instead of <xsd:*>.
I've seen both used in the MSMXL Parser SDK (which I only use for syntax
help).

Michael

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Jeni Tennison [mailto:jeni@jenitennison.com] 
Sent:	Tuesday, March 18, 2003 9:59 AM
To:	Scott, Michael Gordon
Cc:	Sam Carleton; xmlschema-dev
Subject:	Re: allowing zero to unbounded elements in any order?

Hi Michael,

> Actually, NumWafers and Wafers are mandatory, they just want them in
> any order. It's everything in :
>
>         <xsd:extension base="Type_ToolLotSummary">
>
> The Type_ToolLotSummary, which is above <xs:all> that is optional
> (everyting), and also needed to be in any order.

I'm sorry, I overlooked the fact that you were extending the type.
<xs:all> can't be used in that context because when you extend a type
you effectively create a sequence of the content from the base type
followed by the content from the extension, and <xs:all> isn't allowed
within a sequence. There's no way to build a type by extension and
allow all the elements (from both the base type and the extension) to
be present in any order. Sorry that I didn't spot that sooner.

> Dumb question : Is <xs:???> and <xsd:???> the same thing?  

Yes; I tend to use <xs:*> because that's what's used in the XML Schema
Rec, and because it's shorter.

Cheers,

Jeni

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Jeni Tennison
http://www.jenitennison.com/

Received on Tuesday, 18 March 2003 13:11:44 UTC