- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 08 Feb 2001 10:06:54 +0000
- To: Michael Anderson <michael@research.canon.com.au>
- Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Michael Anderson <michael@research.canon.com.au> writes: > "Henry S. Thompson" wrote: > > > Michael Anderson <michael@research.canon.com.au> writes: > > > > > The Candidate Recommendation added in a new constraining facet called > > > whitespace, but it doesn't appear to be a facet that does any > > > constraining. I'm not even sure if it is a facet (but I'm not an english > > > language expert by any means). The whitespace functionality is a lot more > > > like a processing instruction than a constraining facet. > > > > > > Having it as a facet introduces problems such as when do you apply it? > > > > Before validation. > > Does this include the test for empty? Ie in cvc-elt.3.2 "... the normalized > value must be either empty or match the string of the {value constraint}" > So the string " " with <whitespace value="collapse"/> is valid even if > fixed="dog"? This validation rule has been re-written to clarify this among other things, hope the next draft will help here. In haste, ht -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh W3C Fellow 1999--2001, part-time member of W3C Team 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/
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