- From: Bob Schloss <rschloss@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 16:44:02 -0500
- To: www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org
I think that schema writers would expect the same control over derived complexTypes whether the base type contributes attributes * individually (with <attribute> element info items), or * with a named attribute group (with <attributeGroup ref="groupName">). So it seems a little asymmetrical that one is allowed to write <attribute name="a" use="prohibited"> but one is not allowed to write <attributeGroup ref="groupName" use="prohibited"> to mean: none of the attributes which are part of that group should appear when this derived complexType is used. Question: Was this an oversight, or a conscious design choice by the working group? Thank you, Bob Schloss IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
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