- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:34:24 +0000
- To: Mathieu Lemoine <Swoog@laposte.net>
- Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org, Hussien Shafie <hussein@pixware.fr>
Mathieu Lemoine <Swoog@laposte.net> writes:
> Hussien Shafie, XMLmind _<hussein@pixware.fr>_
>
> Why doesn't __xsdvalid__ complain about base="xs:anyType" in:
> ---
> <xs:complexType base="xs:anyType" name="empty" />
> ---
> ?
>
> __xsdvalid__ works in 2 passes:
> [1] The XML Schema For Schemas *which is normative* is used to
> validate your schema.
> [2] __xsdvalid__ translates the XML to validation objects,
> without checking what should have been checked during first
> pass. (Yes, there is a form of bootstrapping here.)
This is a sensible architecture, but I don't understand the reply from
XML Mind -- the sForS does in fact rule out a base attribute on
xs:complexType elements, so their tool should throw it out at [1].
I've moved this discussion to xmlschema-dev, since it's not an issue
about the REC as such.
ht
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