[Bug 3000] Allowing extensibility in its:documentRules

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3000





------- Comment #16 from azydron@xml-intl.com  2006-03-29 15:10 -------
(In reply to comment #14)
> It would be easy enough in the ODD to specify as a part of
> a content model  eg
>       <zeroOrMore>
>         <attribute>
>           <anyName/>
>           <text/>
>         </attribute>
>       </zeroOrMore> 
> which would allow any attribute in any namespace. but that
> throws some chances of validation out the window, as it would also
> means that 'tarnslate="yes"' was valid.
> 
> Personally, I think explicit allowance for anything seems like
> bad design. We're trying to predict things which by definition
> we cannot predict, at the cost of schema which which will
> be very loose in Relax and W3C, and impossible in DTD.
> 

I agree wuth Sebastian.

Received on Wednesday, 29 March 2006 15:10:30 UTC