Re: XML Schema quiz on default values

P.S. That should have said:

...In particular, an element with a
   _non-empty_ [default value]...

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Cordell" <petexmldev@codalogic.com>
To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>; <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: XML Schema quiz on default values


> Hi Roger,
>
> But the issue is not whether the empty string is valid or not for the 
> relevant type, but simply whether it's empty.  Translating the paragraph 
> that Ken mentioned into something more intelligible you get:
>
> ...In particular, an element with a
>   [default value] whose simple type definition
>   includes the empty string in its lexical space will
>   nonetheless never receive that [empty string] value,
>   because the [default value] will override it.
>
> HTH,
>
> Pete Cordell
> Codalogic Ltd
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/petecordell
> Interface XML to C++ the easy way using C++ XML
> data binding to convert XSD schemas to C++ classes.
> Visit http://codalogic.com/lmx/ or http://www.xml2cpp.com
> for more info
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
> To: <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 12:51 AM
> Subject: Re: XML Schema quiz on default values
>
>
> Hello Michael,
>
> I am confused. The Title element is declared to be of type string, so a 
> valid value of Title is a string of length zero, right? According to 
> SAXON, that is the case.
>
> /Roger
>
> Answer: the value of Title is the empty string, not the default value.
> The reason is that the empty string is a valid value of the string data
> type. If you want Title to have the default value then you must
> explicitly enter the default value: <Title>Hello World</Title>
>
> WRONG. The default applies when the element is empty, not when it is
> invalid.
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
>
>
>

Received on Friday, 24 August 2012 08:40:23 UTC