- From: Alex Milowski <alex@milowski.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 16:08:16 -0800
- To: asirv@webmethods.com
- cc: www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org
Dear Asir Vedamuthu, The W3C XML Schema Working Group has spent the last several weeks working through the comments received from the public on the Candidate Recommendation (CR) of the XML Schema specification. We thank you for the comments you made on our specification during our CR comment period, and want to make sure you know that all comments received during the CR comment period have been recorded in our CR issues list (http://www.w3.org/2000/12/xmlschema-crcomments.html). You raised the point registered as issue CR-36: Title: repeated-facets: Clarify meaning and processing of repeated facets? Description: Should Datatypes be modified to specify explicitly whether multiple occurrences of facets (length, minLength, maxLength, whiteSpace, maxInclusive, minInclusive, maxExclusive, minExclusive, precision, scale, encoding, duration, and period) should be an error or not? If it is not an error, which facet specification in the schema document should be followed? * the first one? * the last one? * the most restrictive? * the least restrictive one? * some other rule? Proposed Resolution: Chairs propose (1) to clarify that repeated facets are an error if not authorized in the spec, and (2) to ensure that facets occurring at multiple points in a derivation (e.g. patterns) can be combined successfully in a single component at the abstract level (need ANDing of patterns). Actual Resolution: At its January 2001 meeting in London, the WG voted to open this as an outstanding issue, and (after brief discussion) to resolve it as proposed by the chairs. It would be helpful to us to know whether you are satisfied with the decision taken by the WG on this issue, or wish your dissent from the WG's decision to be recorded for consideration by the Director of the W3C. Regards, Alex Milowski XML Schema Working Group
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