Re: Question about final elements and element derivation.

Eric van der Vlist <vdv@dyomedea.com> writes:

> I must be missing something obvious here :( but xsd:element accepts [1]
> a final attribute:
> 
> > final = (#all | List of (extension | restriction)) 
> 
> while I don't see how one can derive an element other than through a
> substitution group.
> 
> So, my question is:
> 
> How can we derive an element by extension or restriction (since
> xsd:extension and xsd:restriction aren't allowed directly below
> xsd:element) ?

This constrains substitution groups by constraining how the _type
definition_ of the elements in the substitution group may be derived.

ht
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Received on Tuesday, 7 November 2000 10:25:05 UTC