- From: MALIK, NAUMAN <NAUMAN.MALIK@DFAS.MIL>
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 19:20:31 -0600
- To: W3C XML Schema Comments list <www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org>
Hi, It seems that currently there is no way to inline a list of enumerated types inside a complexType (which is needed in the first place to house required attributes). I want to have this named complexType have simple content which is limited to a series of values. This currently seems to be the proper way to do it: <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <xs:complexType name="BureauCodeType"> <xs:simpleContent> <xs:extension base="abc"> <xs:attribute name="uid" type="xs:string" use="required"/> </xs:extension> </xs:simpleContent> </xs:complexType> <xs:simpleType name="abc"> <xs:restriction base="xs:string"> <xs:enumeration value="a"/> <xs:enumeration value="b"/> <xs:enumeration value="c"/> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType> </xs:schema> But I contend that the named simpleType is superfluous and there should be a better way to do this, such as follows: <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <xs:complexType name="BureauCodeType"> <xs:simpleContent> <xs:extension base="abc"> <xs:enumeration value="a"/> <xs:enumeration value="b"/> <xs:enumeration value="c"/> <xs:attribute name="uid" type="xs:string" use="required"/> </xs:extension> </xs:simpleContent> </xs:complexType> </xs:schema> Or some other way. It is ridiculous to have to create a separate named simpleType (and the configuration management that goes along with it) JUST to be able to "extend" it in my named complexType. There should be a way to "inline" the enumerations inside the named complexType itself. Thanks. --Nauman Malik XMLCG, Inc.
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