RE: topLevelAttribute and use=(optional|prohibited|required)

I believe that this is a spec usability issue. To understand this, users
must read

- Attribute Decl Schema Component (section 3.2.1)
- XML Representation of Attribute Decl (section 3.2.2)
- Constraints on XML Representation of Attribute Decl (section 3.2.3)
...
- And, Schema for Schemas (Appendix A)

before they can compose a valid schema. Many users bumped into the same
issue.

Asir

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Subject: Re: topLevelAttribute and use=(optional|prohibited|required)



"Asir S Vedamuthu" <asirv@webmethods.com> writes:

> attribute 'use' is ruled out [in sForS]
>
> <xs:attribute name="use" use="prohibited"/>
>
> However, prose in section 3.2.3 (constraints on XML Representation)
doesn't
> say a word about 'use' attribute.

The Constraints on XML Repr never duplicate what's in the sForS --
it's normative.

ht
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