- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 12 Jan 2001 18:16:08 +0000
- To: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@dyomedea.com>
- Cc: Ian Stokes-Rees <ian@decisionsoft.com>, "xmlschema-dev@w3.org" <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
Eric van der Vlist <vdv@dyomedea.com> writes: > "Henry S. Thompson" wrote: > > > > You can't use the XML Schema language itself to enforce this, just as > > you can't say it in a DTD document. The XML Schema WG has taken on > > board a request that it be a requirement on XML Schema _processors_ > > that they can be invoked in a way which specifies the element > > declaration to be used to validate the document element. > > Can't you design your schema to have only one global element definition > ? > > I reckon that it's a severe constraint, but it could be a workaround if > you really wanted/needed to achieve this... In the words of Richard Nixon (allegedly :-) "You could do that, but it would be wrong." By which I mean you're right, if you wrote such a schema, it would have the desired effect, but that's a pretty roundabout way to get it. 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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