- From: Edmund Lai <edmund.lai@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:28:27 -0700
Restriction, list and union of simpleType are all in XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes, in particular read section 2.5. On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:18:52 +0000 (UTC), Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Edmund Lai wrote: > > > > What I am talking is not about specific built-in type. What really > > counts is user derived type. Remember the original thread is that we > > have a email address type and then there is request for multiple email > > address type. If we adopt XML schema datatype, this is not a problem, we > > just do a derivation by list. Dervation by union can also be very > > useful. And you can use devied type in input type instead of repeating > > the same parameter over and over again in every input element of that > > type. This can be compared to how stylesheet make our life easier. > > You originally said you were only suggesting we adopt XML Schema Part 2, > but what you describe above is all from XML Schema Part 1: complex types, > type declarations, etc. > > XML Schema Part 1 is insanely complicated. I really don't think it is > appropriate to be exposing the average Web author to that kind of > language, markup, and requirements. > > > > -- > Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL > http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. > Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' >
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