RE: Casting to types derived from xs:NOTATION

Caroline:
Which version of the F&O are you looking at?  The latest version
disallows both constructing xs:NOTATION and casting to it.  I think this
is the right decision given the context dependent nature of the
datatype.

All the best, Ashok

> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-qt-comments-request@w3.org [mailto:public-qt-comments-
> request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Caroline Rioux
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 9:36 AM
> To: public-qt-comments@w3.org
> Subject: Casting to types derived from xs:NOTATION
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have two questions regarding xs:NOTATION.
> 
> 1. Does there exist a constructor my:notation(xdt:anyAtomicType) for
> my:notation derived by restriction from xs:NOTATION?
> 
> From F&O 5.2 'Constructor Functions for User-Defined Types':
> 
> "For every globally-defined atomic type in the static context (See
[XQuery
> 1.0: An XML Query Language] that is derived by restriction from a
> primitive type, there is a constructor function [...] whose effect is
to
> create a value of that type from the supplied argument"
> 
> However F&O 17.15 Casting to xs:NOTATION states:
> 
> "It is not possible to cast values of any other type to xs:NOTATION
> because the validity of an xs:NOTATION value is context dependent and
> cannot, in general, be determined."
> 
> This appears inconsistent since, according to F&O 5.1, constructors
are
> equivalent to casting.
> 
> 2.  If constructors for types derived from xs:NOTATION exist, how do
> they work?
> 
> According to F&O 17.5:
> 
> "Casting across the type hierarchy is logically equivalent to three
> separate steps performed in order. Errors can occur in either of the
> latter two steps.
> 
> * Cast the source value, up the hierarchy, to the primitive type of
the
> source.
> * Cast the value to the primitive type of the target type.
> * Cast the value down to the target type. "
> 
> In the case of xs:NOTATION however:
> 
> xs:string("http://example.com:jpeg") cast as my:notation
> 
> (where my:notation is derived by restriction from xs:NOTATION)
> 
> should be allowed (see XPath 2.0 Language 3.10.2 4.3), but the second
step
> above would fail, since casting from xs:string to xs:NOTATION is not
> permitted.
> 
> Thanks for any clarifications,
> Caroline
> 
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Received on Tuesday, 12 August 2003 13:39:38 UTC