Re: Ambiguous content models -- allowed or disallowed by XSDL?

Ian Stokes-Rees <ijs@decisionsoft.com> writes:

<snip/> -- I'll address the general question in another message.

> Perhaps I can better serve the discussion by providing the explicit
> example in question (see below).  I would say that this is an illegal
> ACM as you cannot identify from the single token "startDate" whether you
> are in theh first sequence (startDate, endDate) or the second sequence
> (startDate, duration).
> 
> Do others believe this type definition is legal or illegal?

Violates UPA, for sure.

The DTD equivalent, i.e. ((s,e)?|(s,d)?|(d,e)?) is also disallowed.

> Can anyone suggest a reasonable way to achieve the desired constraint?

Sure -- ((s,(d|e))|(d,e))?

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