[Bug 2187] R-194: Question re: processContents=skip #2

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=2187

           Summary: R-194: Question re: processContents=skip #2
           Product: XML Schema
           Version: 1.0
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: XSD Part 1: Structures
        AssignedTo: ht@w3.org
        ReportedBy: sandygao@ca.ibm.com
         QAContact: www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org


Suppose the instance contains: 

   <person>
      <salary>
         <base xsi:type='xs:integer'>Hello<base>
         <bonus>Hello<bonus>
      <salary>
   <person>

And the relevant parts of the schema are: 

    <xs:element name="person">
     <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
          <xs:any processContents="skip" maxOccurs='unbounded'/>
      <xs:sequence>
     <xs:complexType>
    <xs:element>
    <xs:element name="bonus" type="xs:integer"/>

In this case, "salary" matches the wildcard with "skip". Now, it's clear 
that "salary" is not assessed and no validation outcome is computed for it. I 
have always assumed that this means no processing of the children of such an 
element (such as "base" and "bonus" above), even if we can find declarations 
for them. I think this is implied by the definition of "skip" in Section 3.10.1 
The Wildcard Schema Component [1], as well as the last note in section 5.2 
Assessing Schema-Validity[2]. Is there anywhere else in the Rec this is spelled 
out more explicitly? 

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#Wildcard_details 

[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#validation_outcome

Received on Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:51:11 UTC