XML Schema = obfuscation RE: Is this valid?

Has anyone else noticed how much more readable DTDs look all of a sudden?

And, is this heracy?

:-)

Mark
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk [SMTP:ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk]
> Sent:	Thursday, November 30, 2000 12:17 PM
> To:	David E. Cleary
> Cc:	xmlschema-dev@w3.org
> Subject:	Re: Is this valid?
> 
> "David E. Cleary" <davec@progress.com> writes:
> 
> > This is using the April 7 syntax:
> > 
> > 	<element name = "XMI.difference">
> > 		<complexType content = "elementOnly">
> > 			<choice minOccurs = "0" maxOccurs = "unbounded">
> > 				<element ref = "XMI.difference"/>
> > 				<element ref = "XMI.delete"/>
> > 				<element ref = "XMI.add"/>
> > 				<element ref = "XMI.replace"/>
> > 			</choice>
> > 			<attributeGroup ref = "XMI.element.att"/>
> > 			<attributeGroup ref = "XMI.link.att"/>
> > 		</complexType>
> > 	</element>
> > 
> > This definition was created by XML Authority by converting a DTD. It has
> an
> > element declaration that includes a reference to itself. This causes our
> > tool to loop until it blows up. The April 7 XSV doesn't complain. Is it
> > legal to do this?
> 
> It's fine.  It reconstructs
> 
>  <!ELEMENT x (x|y|z)>
> 
> which it would be very odd to rule out, to say nothing of violating
> our Requirements document.
> 
> ht
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