Re: Type derivation problem

Guillaume Rousse <rousse@ccr.jussieu.fr> writes:

> Hello.
> I would like to derive a basic type by extension , allowing to add other 
> elements and attributes, while restraining some inherited elements allowed 
> values. In classical OO language, i would just override get/set methods, but 
> is it legal using XML schema ?

Not in a single step -- you have to do one extension and one
restriction -- probably best to do it in that order, with the
intermediate type being abstract='true' to make clear it's not
intended for use.

ht
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