Re: anySimpleType

An alternative way to accomplish what you are doing is to use 
an attributeGroup instead of type derivation.  

  <attributeGroup name="attribute">
     <attribute name="isNullable" type="boolean" use="optional"/>
     <attribute name="isQueryable" type="boolean" use="optional"/>
     <attribute name="isUpdatable" type="boolean" use="optional"/>
  </attributeGroup>
 
  <element name="ShipmentNo">
    <complexType>
      <simpleContent>
        <restriction base="integer"/>
      </simpleContent>
      <attributeGroup ref="attribute"/>
    </complexType>
  </element>

I think this corresponds to the "decorator" pattern, 
giving weak multiple-inheritance.  


Holger.Juschkewitz@de.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> Henry,
> 
> sorry for bringing this up again but I had to work on something else in the
> meantime. I posted a question a few weeks ago about deriving elements
> without specifying the type of the simple content. You  replied giving me
> the following suggestion:
> 
> ******
> > All I'm trying to do is to derive attributes and define the simple
> > content of the derived type in the derived type. Is that possible at
> > all?!?
> 
> Sure, if I've understood you correctly:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema"
>         xmlns:my="http://www.example.com/foo"
>         targetNamespace="http://www.example.com/foo"
>   version="0.4">
> 
>  <complexType name="attribute">
>   <simpleContent>
>    <extension base="anySimpleType">
>     <attribute name="isNullable" type="boolean" use="optional"/>
>     <attribute name="isQueryable" type="boolean" use="optional"/>
>     <attribute name="isUpdatable" type="boolean" use="optional"/>
>    </extension>
>   </simpleContent>
>  </complexType>
> 
>  <element name="ShipmentNo">
>    <complexType>
>      <simpleContent>
>        <restriction base="attribute">
>         <simpleType>
>           <restriction base="integer"/>
>         </simpleType>
>        </restriction>
>      </simpleContent>
>    </complexType>
>  </element>
> 
> </schema>
> 
> This is a tricky case, and there should probably be a section in the
> Primer illustrating and explaining its use.
> 
> ht
> --
>   Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of
> Edinburgh
>           W3C Fellow 1999--2001, part-time member of W3C Team
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> 
> *****
> 
> This looks pretty much like what I'm trying to do. Thanks. But do you know
> a XML parser which supports "anySimpleType". I tried Xerces 1.3.0 which
> does not know the base type "anySimpleType". Or is this just a theoretical
> solution? If there is no parser which supports this - do you have any
> suggestion how to circumvent this problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Holger

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