- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 16 Nov 2001 20:02:45 +0000
- To: Ross Thompson <rthompson@contivo.com>
- Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Ross Thompson <rthompson@contivo.com> writes: > ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk writes: > > I think this should have read > > > > 4.2.1 If the {variety} is list, then the {final} of the {item type > > definition} must not contain list. > > 4.2.2 If the {variety} is union, then the {final} of each of the {member type > > definitions} must not contain union. > > The motivation for 4.2.1 is easy to guess. Why is 4.2.2 there? It > seems to me that XMLSchema without that rule is perfectly meaningful. Well, if final='list' means you can't make lists out of this type, then surely final='union' means you can't make unions including this type. I don't think _either_ makes much sense, but they're there for completeness. 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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