RE: Datatypes, Section 5.2.5 (3/16/2001)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jeff Lowery [SMTP:jlowery@scenicsoft.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, March 20, 2001 3:08 PM
> To:	'www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org'
> Subject:	Datatypes, Section 5.2.5 (3/16/2001)
> 
> From the spec:
> --------------------------
> Schema Representation Constraint: Multiple enumerations 
> 
> If multiple enumeration element information items appear as  [children] of
> a
> simpleType the {value} of the enumeration component should be the set of
> all
> such  [value]s. 
> --------------------------
> 
> This sounds like the enumerated value space for the derived type is the
> union of both parent and child's enumeration facets; that can't be right,
> as
> it would allow the derived type (a restriction) to have a larger value
> space
> than the base.
> 
> Should this read "the [intersection] of all such [values]s"?
> 
This SRC applies only to multiple enumeration elements *in a single
derivation step*, that is what is meant by "...appear as [children] of a
simpleType..."

pvb

Received on Tuesday, 20 March 2001 18:48:04 UTC