Re: Redefinition

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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Received on Wednesday, 7 February 2001 06:28:53 UTC