- From: Michael Kay <mhk@mhk.me.uk>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:29:05 +0100
- To: <pmr@starbak.net>, <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
> > > I'm trying to understand why an XML Schema cannot be written to > generate a binding that will allow both of the following snippets: > > <value>Implicit string text</value> > <value><string>An explicit string element</string></value> > If you're looking for a historical analysis of why the design has this limitation, then the answer is almost certainly that the same restriction is present in DTDs and no-one asked for it to be removed. (You can of course allow both these forms by allowing mixed content, but that also allows other things which I assume you don't want.) Michael Kay
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