- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 07 Feb 2001 11:28:50 +0000
- To: afo@zurich.ibm.com
- Cc: www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org
afo@zurich.ibm.com writes:
> Part I Section 6.2.2 says "The definitions within the redefine
> element itself are restricted to be redefinitions of components from
> the redefined schema document" Does it mean that we cannot redefine
> components which are not explicitly defined in the redefined schema
> document but which come from schemas included by the redefined
> schema document?
No, that's a careless wording on my part, should say "... from the
redefined schema" I think.
> In other words, is the following example valid?
>
> In A.xsd:
> <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema" >
> <xsd:redefine schemaLocation="B.xsd">
> <xsd:simpleType name="C">
> <xsd:restriction base="C">
> <xsd:length value="3"/>
> </xsd:restriction>
> </xsd:simpleType>
> </xsd:redefine>
> <xsd:simpleType name="A">
> <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string"/>
> </xsd:simpleType>
> </xsd:schema>
>
> In B.xsd
> <xsd:chema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema">
> <xsd:include schemaLocation="C.xsd"/>
> <xsd:simpleTypename="B">
> <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string"/>
> </xsd:simpleType>
> </xsd:schema>
>
> In C.xsd
> <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema">
> <xsd:simpleTypename="C">
> <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string"/>
> </xsd:simpleType>
> </xsd:schema>
Sure, that should be OK.
ht
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