[Bug 5541] Why is schema-less identification of reference elements important?

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5541

           Summary: Why is schema-less identification of reference elements
                    important?
           Product: SML
           Version: LC
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows NT
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Core
        AssignedTo: cmsmcq@w3.org
        ReportedBy: pratul.dublish@microsoft.com
         QAContact: public-sml@w3.org
                CC: ht@inf.ed.ac.uk


>From http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2008Mar/0002.html

Why is "schema-less
   identification of reference elements" important, when schema
   validity assessment is a fundamental part of model validation?  Or,
   even more strongly, if this spec. is _really_ about allowing people
   to express link integrity conditions on collections of documents,
   why can't I use it to do the most obvious and simple of integrity
   checks, that is, check that all the links in my XHTML document
   resolve?  It would be easy, and arguably cleaner, to annotate
   schemas with sml:ref instead of instances!

Received on Friday, 7 March 2008 01:31:04 UTC