RE: [Moderator Action] ambigous string

Hi,

I agree with Henry that the first example is a list of two strings.
But:

> > <list>
> > 	<union memberTypes="int">
> > 		<simpleType>
> > 			<list itemType="string"/>
> > 		</simpleType>
> > 	</union>
> > </list>

This amounts to a list of a list, which is disallowed by the rec [1]
(clause 2.1).    

Priscilla

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Priscilla Walmsley             priscilla@walmsley.com
Author, Definitive XML Schema     (Prentice Hall PTR)
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[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1#cos-st-restricts


> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Henry S. Thompson
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:37 PM
> To: Tianzhi Yang
> Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
> Subject: Re: [Moderator Action] ambigous string
> 
> 
> "Tianzhi Yang" <tyang@firstrain.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> > Can anybody help?
> > 1.
> > Suppose there is a list of union. The only member of union 
> is "string".
> > .....
> > <list>
> > 	<simpleType>
> > 		<union memberTypes="string"/>
> > 	</simpleType>
> > </list>
> > .....
> > No I get the following value:
> > 	abc def
> > Now should I look on it as a list consists of one string in 
> which there
> > is a space character or a list consists of two strings?
> 
> My reading is that lists _always_ break at whitespace, regardless of
> their itemType.
> 
> > 2.
> > What make it more complex is the following case:
> > <list>
> > 	<union memberTypes="int">
> > 		<simpleType>
> > 			<list itemType="string"/>
> > 		</simpleType>
> > 	</union>
> > </list>
> > 
> > and the value:
> > 	11 ab 22 33
> > No doubt I match 11 against int, ab against string. Now 
> should I regard
> > "22" as part of the string started with "ab" or a seperate "int"?
> 
> See above, so 'no', that's a 4 item list.
> 
> ht
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